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Anti-Corruption Programs: Think Strategically
In the face of ever more aggressive enforcement of anti-corruption and wider anti-financial crime legislation, the management teams of even the most well-prepared multinational companies are asking themselves not “if,” but “when” they will
Read More »Facilitation Payments: Are They Legal Bribery?
One of the more frequent questions I hear during webinars and at seminars centers on the issue of facilitation payments. Often the question is “Do you really believe that companies can comply with
Read More »Inside FCPA Enforcement Statistics
FCPA Inc., it often seems, is obsessed with enforcement statistics. Increasing FCPA enforcement, and the ability to demonstrate it through numbers and graphs, is an effective marketing device for many in the industry.
Read More »Oil and gas sector has seen the most bribery and corruption prosecutions in the UK, new report finds
The oil and gas sector has faced the most completed prosecutions for bribery and corruption in the UK, an analysis of completed cases has found. The sector was the subject of the highest number of
Read More »Gathering Storm Against “Corporate Corruption”
Could it get any worse for companies and public perception of corrupt business practices? I know it is a rhetorical question but the wave of public opinion and news reports has been pretty
Read More »FCPA Issue Management: An Illustrated Primer
I have previously written about the Open Compliance and Ethics Group (OCEG) Anti-Corruption Illustrated Series on Managing Corruption Risks and Third Party Anti-Corruption Due Diligence. Today I will review another in the Illustrated Series
Read More »The Preventative Impact of the Bribery Act
The UK Bribery Act 2010 came into force on July 1, 2011 amid a lot of fanfare, resulting in many organizations taking steps to revamp their existing anti-corruption programmes or putting in place such
Read More »What Are the Essentials For a FCPA/Bribery Act/OECD Compliance Program?
In a recent article entitled “Bribery and Corruption Compliance: the Playing Field Levels,” Timothy Coleman and Paul Lomas, attorneys from the law firm of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, discuss what they term the “tectonic shift”
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