BRIBE AND

GIFT
GROUP : BARTY CROUCH JR
SECTION : 04
LECTURER: PROF IR DR YAP
KEEM SIAH
INTRODUCTION
 Bribery is usually expressed in differences in the procedure of
the deal and therefore creates opportunities for corruption.

Based on Section 10 penalty, giving bribe is considered culpable

of a crime under the Act of Malaysian Anti-Corruption
Differences Commission (MACC).

Between Bribe Gift is the vital item given by a company's representative to

selected recipients as an act of gratitude or compassion without
and Gift commitment.

In addition, gifts can turn into bribes in some situations if it goes

to the wrong way.

In term of ethics the gift policy must be aligned with all other
elements of the ethics system of a company.
CASE STUDIES
#1: Iskandar Investment Berhad
 Mr Harun Johari accepted bribe for a development
project.

Mr Mohd Hanafiah requested 10% of the alternative

road for MedininDevelopment Iskandar Malaysia
project cost from Mr. Mohd Zulkifli.
The Offences
Mr Hanafiah accept a rm25,000 gift on behalf of Mr.
Mohd Amin for his assistance to get the project for
Syarikat Segi Mulia Sdn Bhd.

He also request a gift for his assistance in obtaining

the 2.7 million-ringgit Malaysia project.
 Two people was charged in
court for the boarding school
project.

Consequences
Mr Hanafiah was charged for 2
corruption charges.
 Government Agency initiated an audit into
the financial management and operation
Iskandar Investment Berhad.

The culprit will be punished.

Corrective
Action Taken CEO or the company should report to the
MACC for any attempt accepting or giving
bribe or gift.

The company’s board was praised for

reporting to the MACC for possible bribe
of the previous management.
 #2: TNB Engineer
Nabbed for Alleged Graft
 The TNB staff requested money
from the factory staff to hasten the
process for the application to be
submitted.

The application was for increasing

The Offence the power supply to the factory in
Shah Alam.

The TNB staff was paid in two

instalment.
Consequences

• Tenaga National Berhad

image was tarnished.
• The factory’s application was
not processed.
ONLINE
SURVEY
RESULT
 Background of Online Survey
This survey is conducted using Google Form started from Wednesday,
December 4, 2019 until Friday, December 13, 2019 which approximately
about 10 days.

The form is spread to be answered restricted only for University Tenaga

Nasional (UNITEN) students. 42 respondents were involved in this online
survey.

There are 9 questions that required to be answered for each respondents.

#1

Description
• The responses show that majority
understand what is meant by bribe.
Unfortunately, few respondents did
not know or maybe confuse about
the true meaning of bribe.
#2

Description
• Offering you something that
benefits you personally and could
influence you to benefit their
business interest is a bribe.
Providing for your travel is a
legitimate business expense,
although you should always check
before accepting anything.
#3

Description
• When its primary purpose is to gain
special treatment from an
authority figure, a gift becomes a
bribe especially if the gift giving is
done in secret, hidden from public
awareness. Most of the
respondents choose the correct
situation which involving giving
bribe.
#4

Description
• Not all corruption has to do with
gift. A gift always refers to the
symbolic meaning of the social
bond between the partners and
the self-identity of the giver, and as
rituals.
#5

Description
• In this bar graph, majority agrees
that people with low moral values
and want extra money in a short
time are the reasons for this
scenario.
#6

Description
• The most correct answer is the
construction industry. The Global
Corruption Barometer 2009 shows
that one of the industry most
vulnerable to corruption is the
construction industry.
#7

Description
• This chart shows that most of the
respondents agree to take the safe
way. In example, you may have to
accept the offer, but do not agree
to what is supposed to be delivered
in any way.
#8

Description
• This chart shows that most of the
respondents agree with all of the
effects that will trigger after
involved with corruption.
#9

Description
• 81% of the people agree that
corruption activities will retard the
country’s growth. This clearly
shows that people want their
country keep moving forward. They
do not want their country left
behind only because of
irresponsible people that ruin their
country.
RECOMMENDATIONS
 There is no basic strategy to anticipate
corruption in generally yet with
partitioning the duty to a smaller
organization or association. This issue
can be handled with a lot simpler
solution. As the study has been done, it
is resolved that these proposals can be
divided into three significant point.
Action by Government

Give an autonomous and appropriately subsidized body to Make it an obligatory legitimate prerequisite for organizations
anticipate, examine and prosecute corruption. bidding for tender in open sector project to implement anti-
corruption measure inside their association.
Action by Engineers

Bypass on activities which they suspect to have something to do with

corruption.

For the individuals who is a senior engineer, they must demonstrate a

genuine guide to the new engineer and lead them by good example.
Action by Organization

Apply anti-corruption steps particularly for the owner or developer to the

project.

Need to give a high measure of fine to any engineer working in the

organization who apparently compromising the spending cost.

Organizations should be liable for the works, equipment, materials and

services of the project and guarantee that the project pursue the financial
budget allocated.
CONCLUSION
Over the review conducted to get respond from UNITEN students about
corruption that occur among engineer in Malaysia, the outcome shows that the
respondents have their very own point of view with respect to this issue.

Most of the project needs engineers to hold big responsible as engineers have
the power to give endorsement for a specific project to run.

As Malaysia is concentrating on the 2020 vision, this corruption should be

disassembled with the goal for Malaysia to turn into a well-developed nation. As
an end, we have to battle corruption as corruption only brings catastrophe.