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Compliance with ISO 37001 for example. As a big company, you can’t just go around and bribe random border guards to get your stuff through. I’m also not sure i

Compliance with ISO 37001 for example. As a big company, you can’t just go around and bribe random border guards to get your stuff through. I’m also not sure if it is illegal to pay bribes in other countries when you’re an American company. So compliance with laws is another problem when paying bribes. Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Corrupt_Practices_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Corrupt_Practices_Act Looks like it is explicitly forbidden to bribe foreign officials as a US entity. Not very smart to suggest you’re bribing people in other countries in official communications.

neom 2y ago
It's not overt, as they mentioned in their post, mystical fees just show up on your invoice from the government. I do agree tho, it's a really silly detail to include. I'm a bit passionate about this because I ran a long disability study at DigitalOcean to see if we could do Brazil.
- solardev 2y ago
  What does a "disability study" mean in the context of international server installs?
- riffraff 2y ago
  I suppose you meant "feasibility study" or is "disability" the actual word?
  - solardev 2y ago
    Oh, that makes a lot more sense lol
Duwensatzaj 2y ago
Look at the Exception section. Grease payments are allowed. You can’t bribe border guards to sneak things through, but if they demand a bribe to do their job or your servers get mysteriously blocked from import, paying them off is allowed.
- fragmede 2y ago
  > Despite efforts to provide advice, the distinction between grease payments and bribes remains a source of contention in FCPA enforcement, with legal experts and practitioners continuing to argue and interpret it. Talk to corporate council before "grease payment"-ing anyone.