CNDSN12 month 24 days  (Xinhua Daily Telegraph) for six years Avon suspected of "bribery" recently draw: Although Avon insisted that was not accused of "bribery", but on the 17 day, American securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a notice, Avon will pay more than $130000000 to settle the case.

Although the survey has continued for many years, but so far the key point but stillunanswered: what SEC claims of improper payments "(Imporper payment)" is not a bribe?These payments exactly to what China officials? This is not only the qualitative of the single events, is a question on China's anti commercial bribery legal environment.

"Improper payments" $8000000 for what officials?

SEC said the announcement, Avon in Chinese subsidiary responsible for direct supervision toChina officials, paid a $8000000 fee, the final Avon won the first direct selling license in 2006March the first batch of China. According to the introduction, Avon was Chinese officialsimproper payments to American or European travel costs, giving Luis Weedon (LV), Gu Chi(GUCCI) and Tiffany (Tiffany) and other gifts, and tickets China tennis open, these actionstook place in 2004 to 2008.

SEC charges, Avon Co violates "Foreign Corrupt Practices Act" (FCPA), that is not to take control measures to monitor, prevent the subsidiary company employees and consultants to pay gift Chinese government officials, parts of the law and violate the Securities Exchange Act of. Although Avon neither admitted nor denied the allegations, but agreed to pay more than $67360000 in parallel to understand this case, criminal case, Avon also agreed to pay a $67650000 fine.

This event is not a short duration of time Avon, early in 2011, the media have to constantly tracking. In 2011, the China region top also suspected so the reason be dismissed. Affected by multiple factors, Avon in China's performance also appeared to glide considerably.

However, although America has to Avon event "final judgement", these improper paymentsand Avon won the first direct selling license related, but the $8000000 "improper payments"what to what China officials, who should therefore bear the responsibility, but even withoutany official news published today. The expert thinks, our country also thorough investigationof heavy and information public response to a similar case, warn others against following a bad example.

These "pay" really "bribery"?

Avon China Company in the 19 to sent a reporter said in a statement, the incident happened in 2008, "to be clear, we do not be accused of taking bribes, but violations of the relevant provisions of" America FCPA "recorded and records and internal control. All personnel involved in the incident have not in the Avon."

However, for a payment of $8000000 cash and gifts to be regarded as "bribery", AvonChinese Enterprise Communication Department of the relevant person in charge, at presentcan only give the information statement, other content will not comment.

In recent years, large multinational companies in China "unruly" in a few cases. And afford much food for thought is, many enterprises in the face of the charges, are often the first to pay a fine of darling, but charges, "admitted the qualitative carefully conceal mentioning",often in the "staff behavior", "improper communication" playing word games.

China's anti commercial bribery when force?

A record 3000000000 Yuan maximum ticket record in China GlaxoSmithKline case one after another, and the new foreign involved, let foreign multinational enterprises "aura" be cast into the shade. The reporter found out, in recent years has become a Multi-National CorporationChina commercial bribery of the hardest hit areas.

Since the 90's of the last century, including Morgan Stanley, IBM, Lucent, WAL-MART, Depp,Eli Dennison and many other well-known Multi-National Corporation in China suspected of commercial bribery, in 2012 alone, there are two pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Pfizerglobal is America sec charges of bribery in china.

In 2012, Pfizer is America sec charges, in Chinese of local officials and doctors bribery, well-known multinational antitrust lawyer Hao Junbo to the relevant departments in China are real-name reporting/real-name whistleblowing. "But so far, I didn't get a response to the relevant departments, public information not Pfizer was sent in China news." Hao Junbo said.

Experts believe that, in the face of bribery in China was sent in the United States"embarrassing" situation, regulators cannot "eye", must be clear about the sword, to the commercial bribe continued to intensify the crackdown. Hao Junbo said, for all enterprises tocompete fairly in the transparent and open environment, China should also introduce a strict and rigorous special anti commercial bribery law, let "tiger beat fly" in business is continuing. *

(original title: comment: Avon in China "gifts" in the United States sent embarrassing who)

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