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Thomas Fox
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The BOTA Foundation surpassed most of the expectations that its founders had for it. BOTA was able to efficiently and effectively return more than $115 million (the original $84 million associated with corruption plus accrued interest frozen Pictet and Cie Swiss bank account) to poor children, youth and their families.
The FCPA Blog’s contributing editor, Tom Fox, is one of the leading writers, thinkers and commentators on the nuts and bolts of compliance. His practical advice is now available in one volume, The Complete Compliance Handbook.
The new FCPA guidance from the DOJ and SEC recommends a couple of earlier publications from other parts of the government.
Nearly 100 percent of the FCPA Blog’s readers have experienced traveling in a car when it broke down. But how many have experienced a commercial airplane breakdown while in flight? Almost zero percent.
Professor Elizabeth Spahn spoke for victims of bribery before most of us had discovered the topic. She has defended compliance as pro-business and condemned bribes for destroying capitalism. More eloquently than anyone else, she has stood for the idea — once derided and now embraced — that compliance and enforcement can change the world and help people live better lives.
Official White House PhotoThe White House yesterday released a national security paper defining U.S. interests and affirming the fight against corruption as a cornerstone of American foreign policy.
The background of BOTA Foundation was explored in previous posts. Starting with this post I would like to explain what BOTA actually did in its five and a half years of operation.
Our subject is usually corruption overseas. But it’s impossible to ignore the news these days from New Jersey. Arrested earlier this month — 44 people, including three mayors and two state legislators. So what’s the cause of all that alleged home-grown graft? There are lessons from the Third World. The International Finance Corporation has said, […]
Like many, I have followed the news of the deadly Rana Plaza building collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh with sadness and dismay.
I’m often asked for my thoughts about the future of compliance. What people really want to know is, what’s the next level of compliance? How do we improve? For me, the answer is corporate consciousness.
