Corruption 24.1.3.1 The Purchaser prohibits all unlawful payments and practices and is fully committed to the elimination of corruption in its business transactions. In addition, the Purchaser prohibitsfacilitation payments. The Supplier shall complywith all applicable laws and regulations on corruption, bribery, unlawful business activities and extortion. The Supplier shall never make or approve an unlawful payment to anyone under any circumstances.
Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Laws Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor any director, officer, or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any agent, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Company or any of its subsidiaries (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (ii) made or taken any act in furtherance of an offer, promise, or authorization of any direct or indirect unlawful payment or benefit to any foreign or domestic government official or employee, including of any government-owned or controlled entity or public international organization, or any political party, party official, or candidate for political office; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (the “FCPA”), the UK Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law; or (iv) made, offered, authorized, requested, or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment or benefit. The Company and its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Company’s affiliates have conducted their respective businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.
Anticorruption (a) No Company Representative has in the past three years violated any Anticorruption Laws, nor has the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company nor any Company Representative offered, paid, promised to pay, or authorized the payment of any money, or offered, given, promised to give, or authorized the giving of anything of value, to any Government Official or to any Person under circumstances where the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or the Company Representative knew or ought reasonably to have known (after due and proper inquiry) that all or a portion of such money or thing of value would be offered, given, or promised, directly or indirectly, to a Person:
(1) for the purpose of: (i) influencing any act or decision of a Government Official in their official capacity; (ii) inducing a Government Official to do or omit to do any act in violation of their lawful duties; (iii) securing any improper advantage; (iv) inducing a Government Official to influence or affect any act or decision of any Governmental Entity; or (v) assisting the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, or any Company Representative in obtaining or retaining business for or with, or directing business to, the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company, or any Company Representative;
(2) in a manner which would constitute or have the purpose or effect of public or commercial bribery, acceptance of, or acquiescence in extortion, kickbacks, or other unlawful or improper means of obtaining business or any improper advantage. For the avoidance of doubt, any rebates or other incentives offered to business partners of the Company and paid to business partners by the Company when certain thresholds (such as, by way of example, total amounts of products purchased by such business partners in a given period) are achieved do not breach Anticorruption Laws, and all such payments have been properly recorded in the books and records, including the financial statements of the Company.
(b) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has conducted or initiated any internal investigation or made a voluntary, directed, or involuntary disclosure to any Governmental Entity or similar agency with respect to any alleged act or omission arising under or relating to any noncompliance with any Anticorruption Law. None of the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, or any Company Representative has received any notice, request, or citation for any actual or potential noncompliance with any of the foregoing.
(c) No Officer or employee of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is a Government Official.
(d) No Government Official or Governmental Entity presently owns a direct interest in the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or has any legal or beneficial interest in the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or to payments made to the Company by the Purchaser hereunder.
(e) The Company and each Subsidiary of the Company have maintained complete and accurate books and records, including records of payments to any agents, consultants, representatives, third parties, and Government Officials in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles of Japan.
(f) The Company is not, and has not been, in conflict with or in violation or breach of or in default under (i) the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, (ii) the UK Bribery Act or (iii) any internal policies or regulations relating thereto, and the Company has not received any Claims or notices alleging any such conflict, violation, breach or default. There are, and has been, no corruption issues relating to the Company, including facilitation payments, and, to the Knowledge of the Seller Group, no threats of the occurrence thereof. The Company does not conduct business in any of the following countries or areas: the Balkans, Belarus, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Myanmar (Burma), North Korea, Somalia, the Republic of the Sudan, the Republic of South Sudan, Syria or Zimbabwe. The Company is not conducting, and has not conducted, business with any individuals on the Specially Designated Nations List, and having conducted reasonably sufficient due diligence, has no reason to believe that it is or could unknowingly be conducting business with any such individuals. The Company does not, and has not supported any boycott not sanctioned by the U.S. government.
Sanctions Concerns and Anti Corruption Laws (a) No Loan Party, nor any Subsidiary, nor, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, any director, officer, employee, agent, affiliate or representative thereof, is an individual or entity that is, or is owned or controlled by any individual or entity that is (i) currently the subject or target of any Sanctions, (ii) included on OFAC’s List of Specially Designated Nationals, HMT’s Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets and the Investment Ban List, or any similar list enforced by any other relevant sanctions authority or (iii) located, organized or resident in a Designated Jurisdiction.
(b) The Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries have conducted their business in compliance with the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the UK Bxxxxxx Xxx 0000 and other similar anti-corruption legislation in other jurisdictions, and have instituted and maintained policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws and applicable Sanctions, and to the knowledge of the Borrower, the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries are in compliance with such anti-corruption laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects.
Bribery Grantee certifies that it has not been convicted of bribery or attempting to bribe an officer or employee of the State of Illinois, nor made an admission of guilt of such conduct which is a matter of record (30 ILCS 500/50-5).
Grievance on Layoffs and Recalls Grievances concerning layoffs and recalls shall be initiated at Step 2 of the grievance procedure.
PREVENTION OF BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION
9.1 The Supplier shall not:
9.1.1 offer or give, or agree to give, to any employee, agent, servant or representative of the Authority, or any other public body or person employed by or on behalf of the Authority, any gift or other consideration of any kind which could act as an inducement or a reward for any act or failure to act in relation to this Framework Agreement or any other contract with any Relevant Person ;
9.1.2 engage in and shall procure that all Supplier’s Staff, consultants, agents or Sub-contractors or any person acting on the Supplier's behalf shall not commit, in connection with this Contract, a Prohibited Act under the Bribery Act 2010, or any other relevant laws, statutes, regulations or codes in relation to bribery and anti- corruption; and
9.1.3 commit any offences under the Prevention of Corruption Acts 1889 to 1916.
9.2 The Supplier warrants, represents and undertakes to the Authority that it has not:
9.2.1 in entering into this Framework Agreement it has not breached the undertakings in Clause 9.1. Each time a Call-Off Agreement is entered into this warranty shall be deemed to be repeated by the Supplier with reference to the circumstances existing at the time that the warranty is deemed to be repeated; and
9.2.2 paid commission or agreed to pay commission to the Customer or any other public body or any person employed by or on behalf of the Customer or a public body in connection with the Contract; and
9.2.3 entered into this Framework Agreement and the Call-Off Agreement with knowledge, that, in connection with it, any money has been, or will be, paid to any person working for or engaged by the Authority or any other public body or any person employed by or on behalf of the Authority in connection with this Framework Agreement, or that an agreement has been reached to that effect, unless details of any such arrangement have been disclosed in writing to the Customer and the Authority before execution of this Contract;
9.3 The Supplier shall:
9.3.1 in relation to this Framework Agreement, act in accordance with the Ministry of Justice Guidance pursuant to Section 9 of the Bribery Act 2010;
9.3.2 immediately notify the Customer and the Authority if it suspects or becomes aware of any breach of this clause 9;
9.3.3 respond promptly to any of the Authority’s enquiries regarding any breach, potential breach or suspected breach of this clause 9 and the Supplier shall co-operate with any investigation and allow the Authority to audit Supplier’s books, records and any other relevant documentation in connection with the breach.
9.4 If the Supplier, its Staff, consultants, agents or Sub-contractors or any person acting on the Supplier's behalf, in all cases whether or not acting with the Supplier's knowledge breaches:
9.4.1 this clause 9; or
9.4.2 the Bribery Act 2010 in relation to this Framework Agreement or any other contract with the Authority or any person employed by or on behalf of the Authority or any Relevant Person , the Authority shall be entitled to terminate this Framework Agreement and the Call-Off Agreement by written notice with immediate effect in accordance with Clause 26.1 (Termination on Corruption).
9.5 Without prejudice to its other rights and remedies under this Clause 9, the Authority shall be entitled to recover in full from the Supplier and the Supplier shall on demand indemnify the Authority in full from and against:
9.5.1 the amount of value of any such gift, consideration or commission; and
9.5.2 any other loss sustained by the Authority in consequence of any breach of this Clause 9.
9.6 For the avoidance of doubt, the Parties agree that the Management Charge payable in accordance with clause 16 does not constitute a payment of commission for the purposes of this clause 9.
Corrupt Practices 3.1 The government requires that the bidders, suppliers, sub contractors and supervisors observe the highest standards of ethics during the execution of such contracts. In this pursuit of this policy, the government; Defines for the purpose of this provision, the terms set forth below as follows:
Anti-Corruption The Recipient shall ensure that the Project is carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Anti-Corruption Guidelines.
Title VI List of Pertinent Nondiscrimination Acts and Authorities During the performance of this contract, the Consultant, for itself, its assignees, and successors in interest (hereinafter referred to as the “Consultant”) agrees to comply with the following non-discrimination statutes and authorities; including but not limited to: • Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000d et seq., 78 stat. 252), (prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin); • 49 CFR part 21 (Non-discrimination In Federally-Assisted Programs of The Department of Transportation—Effectuation of Title VI of The Civil Rights Act of 1964); • The Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, (42 U.S.C. § 4601), (prohibits unfair treatment of persons displaced or whose property has been acquired because of Federal or Federal-aid programs and projects); • Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, (29 U.S.C. § 794 et seq.), as amended, (prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability); and 49 CFR part 27; • The Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, (42 U.S.C. § 6101 et seq.), (prohibits discrimination on the basis of age); • Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, (49 USC § 471, Section 47123), as amended, (prohibits discrimination based on race, creed, color, national origin, or sex); • The Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987, (PL 100-209), (Broadened the scope, coverage and applicability of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, The Age Discrimination Act of 1975 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, by expanding the definition of the terms “programs or activities” to include all of the programs or activities of the Federal-aid recipients, sub-recipients and contractors, whether such programs or activities are Federally funded or not); • Titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, which prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability in the operation of public entities, public and private transportation systems, places of public accommodation, and certain testing entities (42 U.S.C. §§ 12131 – 12189) as implemented by Department of Transportation regulations at 49 CFR parts 37 and 38; • The Federal Aviation Administration’s Non-discrimination statute (49 U.S.C. § 47123) (prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, and sex); • Executive Order 12898, Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations, which ensures non-discrimination against minority populations by discouraging programs, policies, and activities with disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects on minority and low-income populations; • Executive Order 13166, Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency, and resulting agency guidance, national origin discrimination includes discrimination because of limited English proficiency (LEP). To ensure compliance with Title VI, you must take reasonable steps to ensure that LEP persons have meaningful access to your programs (70 Fed. Reg. at 74087 to 74100); • Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended, which prohibits you from discriminating because of sex in education programs or activities (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq).
