When zero means zero

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Full of interesting anecdotes, this post on Maersk Line’s website is about the company’s zero-tolerance approach to bribery, which is all very well when it refers to the company’s salesmen and middle-ranking executives keen to establish good relations with major clients; but is a different ballgame altogether for its vessel captains. Masters are constantly badgered for low-level gifts such as cigarettes and alcohol when they come into port, particularly by customs officials and other figures in authority, leaving some in ...