David Stuart analyzes how, with an increase in global focus on corporate bribery and public corruption, law enforcement and regulatory authorities around the world are expanding their arsenals for combating such misconduct.
This article by Thomas Fox discusses the modifications in their FCPA compliance policies that companies, with any US or UK presence, will be required to implement to meet these changes.
Mike Koehler, the FCPA Professor, points out a few glaring examples where recent FCPA enforcement actions contradict what is stated in a recent FCPA memo by Attorney General Eric Holder.
Alcatel-Lucent recently disclosed it had reached agreements with the DOJ and SEC to resolve bribery and corruption allegations in several countries, including Costa Rica, Taiwan, and Kenya.
Manny Alas and Michael Skrief of PwC tackle the following: with several high-profile anti-bribery cases from 2009 now behind us, how have global corporations moved to stay ahead of this issue?
On Thursday, April 29th join CCI columnist Jeff Kaplan and Rebecca Walker of Kaplan & Walker for a webcast entitled “The OECD Good Practice Guidance for Anti-Bribery Ethics and Compliance Programs: A New Global Standard of Good Corporate Citizenship”.
Mike Koehler highlights the expected “bribery, yet no bribery” deal between Daimler and the DOJ so that more is understood about the facade of FCPA enforcement, thus increasing the chance that the facade of FCPA enforcement will be exposed and addressed.
Alexandra Wrage, President and Founder of TRACE, discusses a few key steps to bolster anti-bribery compliance programs than help companies maintain strong compliance in any economy by lowering costs without lowering standards.
The latest post from FCPA Columnist Mike Koehler wonders if we reflexively label a “foreign official” who receives “things of value” from private business interests as corrupt, yet when a U.S. official similarly receives “things of value” from private business interests we merely say “well, no one said our system is perfect”?
Blackwater (and its executives) could be in some murky FCPA water in connection with alleged secret payments to Iraqi officials. Also, Garth Peterson was fired by Morgan Stanley last December over concerns that he may have violated the FCPA.
