Gifts and Entertainment
seeking or accepting gifts and hospitality create coflict if they influence a public employee's partial discharge of his or her duties. This category simply amounts to a broadening of our understanding of bribery. It includes such things as discounts on purchases, theater tickets, sex, vacation trips, use of vehicles, lavish meals, recreational equipment, and liquor. Typically, gifts of this kind are given with no specific favors requested, as would be the case with bribery , but are intended to create a generally positive predisposition toward the donor