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Some companies ban buyers and executives from taking pay and perks from vendors.
Dennis Rainville, CEO of Equipe Communications, a Bedford, Massachusetts, optical-switch company, decided it would be easier to share the loot. Once a month, at a voluntary, company-wide meeting, he gives the gifts away in a draw. Attendance is up, since workers have to be there to win. Rainville says Equipe tells vendors about the policy. But he says one recruiting firm was surprised when two engineers showed up in the luxury box at a Bruins game after it had given the tickets to him.