Purpose

Corporate gift-giving and hospitality are some of the high-risk areas for corruption. This paper aims to see comparisons between the Malaysian Ministerial Guidelines and the UK Guidance and to analyse whether the guideline in Malaysia is adequate in dealing with corporate gift-giving and hospitality.

Design/methodology/approach

The methodology used in this paper is qualitative research which is based on data collection through online searches, legal databases, information obtained from articles, books, statutes and related government publications.

Findings

The findings show that the statutory guideline in Malaysia is immature, still not adequate, and lacks detailed regulations in determining gifts and hospitality as corruption (unclear boundary), as compared to the UK law which is more detailed.

Originality/value

This paper explains on comparison of corporate gift giving and hospitality practise in Malaysia and the UK based on the statutory guidelines.

中文翻译：

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企业礼品、款待和腐败之间的细线：马来西亚和英国立场的法律研究

目的

公司送礼和招待是腐败的高风险领域。本文旨在比较马来西亚部长级指导方针和英国指导方针，并分析马来西亚的指导方针在处理企业送礼和招待方面是否足够。

设计/方法/方法

本文使用的方法是定性研究，它基于通过在线搜索、法律数据库、从文章、书籍、法规和相关政府出版物中获得的信息收集数据。

发现

调查结果显示，与更详细的英国法律相比，马来西亚的法定准则不成熟，仍然不够充分，并且缺乏将礼品和招待确定为腐败的详细规定（边界不明确）。

原创性/价值

本文解释了根据法定准则比较马来西亚和英国的企业送礼和招待实践。