News UK company allegedly paid $4m in bribes to secure Microsoft data center construction contract

[Admin]

The UK government arrested three people connected to British companies that were involved with Microsoft's data center project in the Netherlands.

UK company allegedly paid $4m in bribes to secure Microsoft data center construction contract : Read more

 

[TheSecondPower]

So much for that anti-bribery training everyone who does business with the UK has to take.

 

[Notton]

Why is construction mired with bribery, mafia, and dishonesty?
It's not just UK, this happens all around the world to a varying degree.

 

[SomeoneElse23]

So much for that anti-bribery training everyone who does business with the UK has to take.

It's a classic case of "do as I say, not as I do".

 

[derekullo]

I'm assuming the only issue with simply adding it to an official bill is to avoid paying taxes?

Also a typo saying £3 Billion is $4 Million.

 

[TJ Hooker]

I'm assuming the only issue with simply adding it to an official bill is to avoid paying taxes?

I imagine the money went straight into the pockets of the bribed individuals. Rather than payments that become revenue for the company (i.e. Mace group).

 

[TJ Hooker]

It's a classic case of "do as I say, not as I do".

How so?

 

[TJ Hooker]

So much for that anti-bribery training everyone who does business with the UK has to take.

Do you mean doing business with the government? Because this story is about private companies.

 

[USAFRet]

How so?

"Taking bribes is illegal! Don't do that!!"

'ok'

 

[endocine]

Is that data center Azure cloud services or something else

 

[beyondlogic]

The UK government arrested three people connected to British companies that were involved with Microsoft's data center project in the Netherlands.

UK company allegedly paid $4m in bribes to secure Microsoft data center construction contract : Read more

honestly I'm shocked the uk has any British company's left are we sure there British and not a Chinese firm with a union jack as camouflage. i mean we literally had a steel works that was ran by Chinese company calling it British steel.

 

[TheSecondPower]

Do you mean doing business with the government? Because this story is about private companies.

No. I had to take anti-bribery "training" at an old job and the "training" explained that UK law requires every company that does any business in the UK to give all of their employees that training. It's one of the reasons I left that job. (The training basically just said that bribery is illegal. No duh.)

 

[TJ Hooker]

No. I had to take anti-bribery "training" at an old job and the "training" explained that UK law requires every company that does any business in the UK to give all of their employees that training. It's one of the reasons I left that job. (The training basically just said that bribery is illegal. No duh.)

So you'd have to get anti bribery training to work at, say, a McDonald's in the UK? Weird.

 

[TheSecondPower]

So you'd have to get anti bribery training to work at, say, a McDonald's in the UK? Weird.

To work at a McDonald's in the US too if they have UK locations. This was years ago so I could be remembering wrong or I may have misunderstood the training. I remember thinking that the rule sounded extreme enough that if I were a business owner I would avoid selling to the UK at all. But I also didn't realize until yesterday that the customer I did the most work for was technically based in the UK.