Regarding the article referenced in the editorial, there is an admonition to never accept a gift of more than 'nominal' value. I've never seen a definition of 'nominal' relative to the value of a gift and the vendor giving them. Could hard-to-get sports tickets be considered of 'nominal' value by the vendor if the vendor deals in multi-million dollar valued items on a regular basis? How does the term 'nominal' help the recipient avoid danger if it cannot be defined equally on both sides of the transaction?

Perhaps the admonition should be to only accept gifts cleared by the legal departments of both companies. That gives the lawyers their say and the recipient the ability to avoid litigation.