Client gave me an insanely generous personal gift. It's ethically murky, but also really nice... What would you do?

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Bring it to the attention of your leadership and ask them what the organization’s policy is on this topic. Lacking any policy, ask the leadership how they would treat the gift should it be found suddenly “in discovery”?

What is the policy on accepting gifts? At my work it's a hard no. Can't even accept a $5 Starbucks gift card…

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