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Dems Seek Info About Firms That Funded Anti-Bribery Law Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Elijah Cummings, Walmart, Video, Institute for Legal Reform, Bribery Scandal, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Bribery, Anti-Bribery Law, Henry Waxman, US Chamber of Commerce, Wal-Mart, Fcpa, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Two Democratic congressmen are investigating whether the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's tenacious attack on a key anti-bribery statute has l...

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Corruption, Democracy, and the Search for a Better World

Valerie Berset-Price | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Corruption, Wal Mart, International Business, Zambia, Uruguay, Ethics, Wireless, Bribery, Technology, Fcpa, Business News

Wal-Mart is making the headlines with the FCPA corruption case it faces in Mexico. But anyone who has been on the ground trying to close business in c...

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Money Well Spent: Why Corruption Continues to Pay

Chris Morgan Jones | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Corruption, Walmart, Doj, Mexico, Bribery, Sec, Siemens, Fcpa, Business News

The victims of crimes of corruption are diffuse, invisible, and often vulnerable: every dollar paid in bribes tilts the scales further against the most unfortunate in societies where fairness frequently goes unprized.

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Walmart, the FCPA, and America's Ability to Compete

Daniel Wagner | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Walmart Bribery, Mexico-Walmart, Walmart, Bribery, Grease Payments, Fcpa, Business News

While the FCPA has served a useful purpose, it remains stuck in another era. In today's dynamic and ever-changing international business landscape, U.S. businesses would really benefit from a less absolutist approach to the subject.

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Fired Morgan Stanley Executive Accused In China Bribery Scheme

HuffingtonPost.com | D.M. Levine | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Walmart, Morgan-Stanley-Bribery, Morgan Stanley, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Bribery, Sec, Wal-Mart, Fcpa, Business News

A former Morgan Stanley executive was charged with bribery Wednesday in a Securities and Exchange Commission civil complaint that says he steered near...

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Congress Looks Into Walmart's Lobbying Against Anti-Bribery Law

The Huffington Post | Alice Hines | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Elijah Cummings, Retail Industry Leaders Association, Institute for Legal Reform, Walmart Scandal, Walmart Congressional Investigation, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Walmart Bribery, Walmart Mexico, Henry Waxman, Chamber of Commerce, Walmart FCPA, Thomas Hyde, Fcpa, Business News

Two congressmen investigating the Walmart bribery scandal announced on Wednesday that they will also begin probing Walmart's lobbying against the Fore...

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Former Top Halliburton Exec Heads To Prison For Bribery

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 02.24.2012

Read More: Cheney Nigeria Bribery, Kbr, Halliburton, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Nigeria, Brown and Root, Natural Gas, Bribery, Albert "Jack" Stanley, Nigeria Bribery, Kellogg Brown Root, Albert Stanley, Fcpa, Business News

A former top Halliburton executive will serve 2 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty in Houston federal court to orchestrating a $180 million bri...

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U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Battles Anti-Bribery Statute

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Restoring Balance, Corruption, Anti-Bribery, Institute for Legal Reform, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Anti-Corruption Initiative, Bribery, Foreign Officials, Justice Department, Fcpa, Lobbying, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- More than three decades after the United States Congress passed the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act -- striking a major blow against inter...

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Murdoch Facade Crumbling As Scandal Takes Root In America

Timothy Karr | Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: News Corp, Congress, Phone Hacking, News of the World, Rupert Murdoch, Department of Justice, James Murdoch, Wall Street Journal, Fox News Channel, Fcpa, Media News

As more leads indicate that crimes were committed on U.S. soil, the likelihood increases that this scandal will create heat for the Murdochs on this side of the Atlantic.

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Tyson Fined $5.2 Million Over Foreign Inspection Bribes

The Wall Street Journal | Samuel Rubenfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Tyson-Foods, Fcpa, Tyson-Foods-Investigation, Tyson Fine, Tyson Bribes, Food News

Tyson Foods Inc. settled with U.S. regulators over allegations that it paid bribes to meat-processing plant inspectors in Mexico. The Springdale, Ark...

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Nigeria: Crucifying Democracy on a Cross of Corruption

Bruce Fein | Posted 05.25.2011

If the United States permits international politics to hijack the rule of law at home, then democracy and rule of law abroad will falter, especially in places like Nigeria.

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As Anti-Corruption Day Passes, a Look Back at 2010

Raymond Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Slidepollajax Bribery, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, International Anti-Corruption Day, Global-Financial-Integrity, Corruption, Uncac, Fcpa, World News, Business News

See some of the year's most significant moments in anti-corruption, and vote for the slides you feel represent the biggest challenges or advances.

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Keeping Commitments

Raymond Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Chamber of Commerce, International Anti-Corruption Day, US Chamber of Commerce, Fcpa, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Bribery, Politics News, Business News

This year's International Anti-Corruption Day is marred by a U.S. Chamber of Commerce attempt to weaken the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), our nation's flagship anti-corruption legislation.

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The Next Financial Reform Floodgate

Mark V. Vlasic | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Whistleblowers, Obama-Business-International-Corp, Whistleblower, Mike Signer, Financial Reform, Fcpa, Obama Financial Regulation, Mark Vlasic, Mark-Vlasic, Business News

The financial reform bill's whistleblower provisions require that any whistleblower providing "original information" leading to a penalty over $1 million shall receive between 10 and 30% of that collection.

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Where Is the Corruption Rhetoric in the US?

Rosalia Gitau | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: William Jefferson, Africa, Fcpa, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Corruption, Corruption Index, Daniel Kaufman, Business News

A more appropriate definition of corruption today would be the abuse of public trust for private gain. The US has the resources to pursue such a definition both at home and abroad.

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Corporate Bribery: Feds Begin Massive Sweep To Rein In Illegal Payments By Large Corporations

washingtonpost.com | Carrie Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bae, Doj, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Fbi, Bribes, Bribery, Fcpa, Business News

Long a priority of the FBI and the Justice Department, efforts to police corrupt business payments have intensified in recent weeks, with multimillion...

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The Top 5 Socio-Political Business Risks for 2010

Michael Shtender-Auerbach | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Blood Diamonds, Business-and-Human-Rights-Resource-Center, Conflict Minerals, Democratic Republic of Congo, Drc, Doj, Transnational, Fcpa, Suicide, Globalization, Socioeconomics, Political Risk, Business, g20, BAE Systems, John Ruggie, Barack Obama, Mining, Ethics, Biodiversity, Enough Project, Siemens Bribery Scandal, Climate Change, Department of Justice, Al Gore, Social Risk, Tax Avoidance, Securities and Exchange Commission, Multinational, Risk, Water Crisis, Business News

Below is a list of the top five sociopolitical risks that global multinationals must be aware of, prepare for, and confront proactively, lest they face the prospect of falling behind.

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Corporate Bribery: The Biggest Scandals (SLIDESHOW)

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Siemens AG, Bae, Kbr, Corporate Bribery, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Slideshow, Siemens, BAE Systems, Fcpa, Business News

Lavish gifts, briefcases full of cash, greased palms. Recently, several large, multinational corporations have been accused of violating the Foreign C...

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U.S. Fights Corporate Bribes

wsj.com | DIONNE SEARCEY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sun Microsystems, Trace International, Royal Dutch Shell, FCPA, Lucent, Corporate Bribes, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Sun Microsystems Bribery, Disney World, Bribery, Mark Mendelsohn, Business News

The Justice Department is increasing its prosecutions of alleged acts of foreign bribery by U.S. corporations, forcing them to take costly steps to de...

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