A compliance officer at AirPlus a large aerospace firmthatproduces airplanes for commercial and military use was contacted by a director of one of the firm's business partners The director had concerns over potential irregularities in recent transactions and business dealings in matters connected to AirPlus and her company.

The business partners company is located in a country where state-owned enterprises are heavily involved in the airline industry AirPlus has recently wonseveral large contracts in the country to build airplanes for slate-owned enterprises.

The director of the partner company believes these contracts may have been secured through bribes paid by AirPlus to government officials and suspects that the recent unusual activity she has noted indicate her company was utilized in the bribery scheme.

The director has flagged four instances to bring to your attention Which is the BESTindicatorof bribery?