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Old 9th Aug 2016, 23:07
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tdracer
 
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Although some companies have better trinkets than others.
There are actual guidelines on what "trinkets" are acceptable, as well as free meals and the like. Boeing makes everyone take an on-line course every year on 'business courtesies' as to what's acceptable and what's not (with a note that if you're not sure to contact the Ethics department). And it goes both ways - what we can give and what we can receive (I've got a small collection of golf shirts courtesy of Pratt and Whitney that I've received over the years).
It's sometimes amusing - the US military has very strict rules, their people can't even accept coffee and donuts at a meeting. When we had a design review with the USAF for the KC-46 a few years ago, there was a table of coffee, pastries, etc. outside the door. There was also a cup where the USAF types were supposed to pay for what they took (and it actually had some money in it).
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