CNDSN1 month 8 days (commentator Shen Jie) Avon "bribery" case penalty in the United States, in China and perfect bribery scandal. Avon, perfect bribery case is not the case, it is only a corner of the direct selling industry corruption iceberg. The question now is, there are some hidden corruption cases, the end can not be disclosed, it is of concern to everyone.

A private economic analysis report of a research institution have released Pong group, multinational companies in China for bribery event has been on an upward trend, Chinese at least investigation 500000 pieces of corruption in 10 years, 64% of them with international trade and foreign related. Chinese has become a Multi-National Corporation bribery case "heavy disaster area". At present, foreign direct selling enterprises are reported in only two China bribery. Does foreign direct selling enterprises bribery only Avon and perfect? No! In fact, foreign direct selling enterprises in China bribe many. Why do some foreign direct selling enterprises engaged in China multi-level direct selling "can run in both directions unblockedly"? Why do some foreign direct selling enterprises can obtain the relevant departments of the government's "special care"? Why do some foreign direct selling enterprises illegal "still persist in one's old ways"?...... So many of the "why" to give people reverie: foreign direct selling enterprises Is it right? Use money to "public relations"? The imagination is not without reason, "money talks, bullshit walks" has become the foreign direct selling enterprises "public relations" creed.

Foreign direct selling enterprises have the bribery phenomenon, domestic direct selling enterprises there are of course. In the direct selling supervision, foreign direct selling enterprises is "preferential treatment", and domestic direct selling enterprises have not been so lucky. According to the author's knowledge, direct regulators in some places specially for domestic direct selling enterprises "egg bones". In "I say you are the direct marketing is direct marketing, I say you are MLM is the MLM" green, some direct selling enterprises once encountered were investigated had to "money to disaster". It is said that there are individual direct selling enterprises, because of illegal operation or suspected MLM problem is very serious, not only "public relations" to the provincial, city, and in a club in Beijing for the secret "public relations", a large sum of money to bribe officials. Thus, the domestic direct selling companies bribing officials phenomenon may be better than foreign direct selling enterprises better than ever before.

Direct selling enterprises to bribe officials means is varied. For example, some direct selling enterprises come to the point directly to the money, gifts. According to the USA media reports, an internal audit report Avon showed in 2005, Avon employees in the year to the officials and third party consultation mechanism of suspicious funds paid hundreds of thousands of dollars. The SEC points out, there are a Avon reimbursement records conference of government officials and entertainment consumption of $8100 in 2007, when Avon Chinese for won the first direct selling license and block negotiations. As another example, some direct selling enterprises employ senior children "eat empty rates". Perfect company in order to get the original Guangdong Province tax bureau leader Li Yongheng's "support", arranged for their daughter Li Dan served as financial advisor, and the daughter of a day did not go to work, "eat empty rates" 600000 Hong Kong dollars "". Moreover, the "means of bribery Club consumer" is also a small number of direct selling enterprises. Very few of the direct responsible person of the enterprise, personally go about authority officials to officials designated "club", while "consumption" edge "solve" illegal business or enterprise suspicion of MLM problem. In addition, to spend money to buy "honor" is also a kind of means of bribery. Some direct responsible person of the enterprise, in order to get the "political honor" (elected NPC deputies, CPPCC members etc.), specifically to spend money relationships, it is said that amount in hundreds of thousands of yuan, or even more.

Avon, perfect bribery corruption iceberg corner is just the direct selling industry, we must increase the direct selling industry efforts to fight corruption. One is to increase efforts to crack down on commercial bribery. Commercial bribery of the direct selling industry is an important manifestation of the direct selling industry corruption, judicial organs must increase the blow strength. In fact, some direct selling enterprises commercial bribery can be traced, the judicial organ shall report promptly investigated according to the clues, cannot tolerate, cannot indulge. To constitute a crime should be sentenced, can't give them any good. The two is to establish and perfect the supervision mechanism. Direct regulation is not only to direct the operation of the supervision, the commercial bribe question of direct selling enterprises must establish and improve the supervision mechanism, and makes a system. At the same time, the response to the direct selling enterprise business activities, financial disclosure, auditing to strengthen supervision, and strengthen the exchanges and communication with foreign direct selling enterprises home, commercial bribery cooperation in dealing with foreign direct selling enterprises. Three is to make special provisions to combat commercial bribery direct selling enterprises. Direct selling regulations are in the revised and perfected, suggest the commercial bribe behavior to formulate special provisions to crack down on direct selling enterprises. In addition, the domestic direct sales enterprises have the commercial bribery in the development of the industry overseas, should also develop a specialized provisions to be severely. ▲

Editor: Blue