Integrity and doing business with the Defence Organisation

You have a good business relationship with the Defence organisation. The Ministry is a good and reliable customer for your products and services. While this is, of course, purely a business relationship, every now and then you want to show how much you value the business you get from the Ministry through small tokens of appreciation, for instance by attending a sports event together and rounding the day off with a nice meal. Or by treating your Defence contacts and their family to a visit to an amusement park. A simple gesture for an appreciated business relation, isn’t it? Chances are your Defence contact will thank you for your kind offer but decline gracefully. Some things that may be standard practice for you in your commercial business relationships are not allowed in the Defence organisation. And there are very good reasons for both parties.