Out-Of-Pocket Bribes
Can a corporation be criminally responsible under the FCPA’s anti-bribery provisions for payments it doesn’t know about? It sounds strange but the question comes up in a common scenario.
Can a corporation be criminally responsible under the FCPA’s anti-bribery provisions for payments it doesn’t know about? It sounds strange but the question comes up in a common scenario.
On December 9, 2003, 140 countries convened to sign the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC).
Investigative reporter Khadija Ismayilova is in prison in Baku after she published a series of reports about corruption in the Azerbaijan regime.
How to explain it? Beam Suntory’s 2018 FCPA civil settlement with the SEC went so well. The SEC praised the company’s cooperation and took into account its good behavior. And yet in 2020, when Beam Suntory finally resolved criminal FCPA charges, the DOJ brought faint praise and heavy criticism, citing the company’s “inconsistent and, at […]
The temptation when writing about corruption is to focus on statistics and policy details instead of people — both the victims and the heroes.
Every year, the Institute of Business Ethics or IBE asks the British public their opinion about business behavior. The latest survey shows that the public’s general opinion about ethical business behavior has improved.
Newly rich Russian and Chinese consumers have kept the luxury sector buoyant in recent years. Will these markets continue to be the lands of opportunity for luxury brands as the world turns against Russia and the Chinese leaders enforce their anti-corruption campaign?
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