Use of free & reduced cost facilities, products, services & props
Under no circumstances should anyone working for the BBC receive personal benefits from suppliers, or accept goods or services as inducements.
We should normally pay for travel, accommodation and most other facilities we use. Only a few specific output areas may accept free or substantially reduced cost facilities, products, services or props. Consumer and lifestyle programmes which review or feature a wide range of products may occasionally accept free or reduced cost products or services. In the case of drama and some entertainment programmes, productions may sometimes take free or reduced cost price props. In the rare cases where we accept such arrangements we must:
- keep accurate departmental records of what has been accepted.
- only accept discounts if they are in line with those offered to other large organisations.
- not guarantee any product or service will be featured and if featured that it will be in a favourable light.
- inform suppliers that they cannot refer to the BBC's use of their products or services in any advertising or promotions.
- only give on air and online credits if clearly editorially justified.
- suppliers should not have an editorial say in the programme or be given a preview of it.