SVT Västnytt revealed yesterday that employees in the IT department at Uddevalla Municipality on several occasions have been invited to Christmas dinner with bowling, games and other computer manufacturer Dell. During the same period, the municipality bought Dell computers for nearly 50 million.
Today, new information.
Christmas smorgasbord with bowling cost 345 SEK, according to the tavern where it all took place. It’s more than what both the municipality’s own policy and the Institute Against Bribery guidelines allow, say Västnytt.
In addition, Dell have invited municipal officials on alcohol.
For according to several sources SVT Västnytt have been in contact in practice it was “open bar” that mattered.
– They have talked even if it’s been good food and it’s been even alcohol. It was good and it was free, says Ardijan Zenuni, who is not himself took part in the Christmas celebrations, but worked as an IT technician at Uddevalla Municipality at the time of Dell Christmas buffets, to Western New.
Even one of Dell’s then-representative confirms to Västnytt that the company invited municipal officials on alcohol, but no more than two glasses of beer or wine with dinner. The company has so far not wanted to be interviewed by Västnytt, without responding in a written statement that it “is extremely careful to follow all of the ethical guidelines and all applicable laws in the countries in which we operate, regardless of the organization or company we work with.”
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