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National Defense
August 2010
Patrick & Renzulli |
Defense Contractors Increasingly Targeted in Corruption Investigations Companies and individuals are facing dramatically higher penalties and costs for failing to comply with anti-bribery laws around the world, and especially in the United States.   |
National Defense
September 2015
Kopp & Bhatia |
U.S. Cracking Down on Defense Industry Corruption Overseas The race for international sales during the past few years has been followed by a wave of government investigations into defense companies for both major and relatively minor violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. |
CFO
January 1, 2005
David M. Katz |
The Bribery Gap While foreign rivals may make payoffs routinely, U.S. firms face new pressure to root out abuses. |
BusinessWeek
December 6, 2004
Matlack, Smith & Edmondson |
Cracking Down On Corporate Bribery With tougher laws in place, prosecutors around the world are bringing high-profile cases to court. |
National Defense
December 2010
O'Neill et al. |
The Long Arm Of the U.K. Bribery Act For U.S. companies, particularly those active in foreign countries or engaged in high-profile markets such as the defense industry, maintaining ethical operations and avoiding corruption is essential. |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 24, 2014
Michael Blanding |
Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes Does corruption really pay? Paul Healy finds that corruption may not be as lucrative - -or as unavoidable -- as it may seem. |
National Defense
February 2011
Pappalardo & Bombach |
Justice Department Beefs Up Foreign Corruption Act Enforcement Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act gained momentum in 2010. |
Entrepreneur
September 2004
Jane Easter Bahls |
Illicit Affairs? If you do business overseas, be certain your "administrative fees" aren't really illegal bribes. And because complying with the many overlapping laws is tricky, hire a lawyer with experience in international business. |
BusinessWeek
July 8, 2010
Dexter Roberts |
The Higher Costs of Bribery in China The U.S. is policing the activities of big multinationals in China more aggressively, with China's own prosecutors sometimes following suit. |
National Defense
July 2010
Anderson & Goodwin |
Anti-Bribery Case in China a Wake-Up Call The recent Rio Tinto case in China is a powerful reminder why a vigilant and robust Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (FCPA) corporate compliance program is important. |
IndustryWeek
March 16, 2011 |
Schooled By Scandals Manufacturers burned by foreign bribery scandals provide valuable lessons for companies expanding their global presence. |
National Defense
November 2015
Bradel & Ralph |
Justice Memo Calls for Absolute Cooperation The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is a statute aimed at eliminating corporate bribery of foreign government officials. A defense contractor doing work overseas must be familiar with its tenets. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
May 1, 2006
Cook & Witten |
Legal: The Kickback Effect Pharma tends not to treat relationships with foreign doctors as cautiously as it does those with US physicians. But watch out: Misconduct on the part of your international employees could get kicked back onto your plate. |
CFO
February 1, 2012
Sarah Johnson |
Don't Trust, Verify With antibribery actions on the rise, companies should monitor their business partners more closely than ever. |
BusinessWeek
November 26, 2007
Jack Ewing |
Siemens Braces for a Slap from Uncle Sam After paying huge fines in Germany for bribery, Siemens faces even stiffer penalties in the U.S. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
How Bribery and Other Types of Corruption Threaten the Global Marketplace There's no doubt that corruption, endemic in emerging economies around the world, throws economic development into chaos. Today, the creation of and comment on anti-corruption regimes is a growth industry. |
National Defense
September 2005
Shaheen & Geren |
Penalties Get Tougher For FCPA Violations The government is cracking down on bribes by government contractors to foreign officials. |
CFO
June 1, 2007
Janet Kersnar |
View from Europe: Global Bribery A series of bribery scandals in Europe becomes a global issue. |
Chemistry World
August 6, 2014
Hepeng Jia |
GSK's China troubles continue The company faces official prosecution over accusations of bribery and corruption, litigation from fired employees and an upcoming trial of private investigators employed to look into a blackmail attempt. |
The Motley Fool
November 17, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Mr. Market Ignores Siemens' Slide Despite weakness in all three of its units, the German conglomerate's shares rose. |
CFO
April 1, 2007
Wu Chen |
View from China: Shanghai Confidential Risk-management advisers to foreign companies say investigations of multinationals suggest it's time to take a close look at internal controls in the People's Republic. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
June 1, 2007
Cook & Leiken |
Legal: Foreign Policy Drug companies doing business abroad face a special risk of running afoul of stepped-up enforcement of anticorruption laws. |
National Defense
January 2014
Cannon & Scott |
Anti-Bribery Law Demands Vigilance November marked the one-year anniversary of the release of the resource guide to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and should serve to remind all defense contractors of the critical importance of keeping their compliance program current and effective. |
National Defense
March 2015
James A. "Ty" Hughes |
Rules Issued to Combat Human Trafficking On Jan. 29, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council issued its final rule amending the federal acquisition regulations to strengthen protections against trafficking in persons in federal contracts. |
National Defense
July 2011
Lisa Navarro |
U.K. Issues Guidance For Bribery Act On July 1, the United Kingdom's Bribery Act 2010 finally comes into force. U.S. firms with U.K.-based activities appear to be covered by the act, as are firms that have significant sales in or from the United Kingdom. |
CFO
June 1, 2007
Lori Calabro |
Siemens's Joseph Kaeser Faced with steering the global conglomerate through a major bribery scandal, Kaeser was forced to take unpopular actions. |
Inc.
August 2007
Alison Stein Wellner |
No Free Pass Anti-bribery law is now being aggressively enforced. |
BusinessWeek
January 27, 2011
Weiss & Kammel |
How Siemens Got Its Mojo Back While jettisoning telecom and electronics businesses, outsider CEO Peter Loscher has taken German icon Siemens "green." |
National Defense
February 2004
James McAleese |
Safe Harbors of Ethical Conduct Needed in Defense Procurement In light of a recent series of isolated, highly controversial public scandals with respect to several major defense acquisition programs, it is important to create "safe harbors" of conduct so that both government and contractor personnel can work as a cohesive team . |
CFO
September 1, 2008
Kate O'Sullivan |
Gunning for Global Graft The Department of Justice and the SEC turn up the heat on briberies of foreign officials. |
The Motley Fool
January 8, 2004
Rich Smith |
Oops, I(BM) Did it Again Once again IBM finds itself embattled in bribing controversy abroad. |
National Defense
May 2012
Stafford & Kaprove |
Mitigating the Risk of Defense Base Act Insurance The Defense Base Act requires many U.S. government contractors and subcontractors to provide workers' compensation insurance to their overseas-based employees working on U.S. military bases and government projects. |
CFO
January 1, 2008
Kate O'Sullivan |
Foreign Intelligence CFOs need to be smart about overseas operations -- or risk paying a heavy price. |
CFO
July 15, 2008
Scott Leibs |
It Takes a Crisis Battered by its infamous bribes-for-contracts scandal, Siemens turns to an IT solution to make sure it doesn't happen again. |
InternetNews
January 6, 2004
Colin Haley |
IBM Korea Scandal Prompts U.S. Inquiries The DOJ and SEC are reportedly looking into bribery and bid-rigging allegations against the IT giant's South Korean subsidiary. |
The Motley Fool
July 13, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
A Fresh Breeze at Siemens A new CEO and a new wind power order bode well for the company should have Siemens investors breathing a little easier. |
Chemistry World
August 29, 2013
Emma Stoye |
Couple charged in GSK corruption investigation A UK consultant and his American wife have been charged in relation to the corruption investigation at GlaxoSmithKline in China. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
December 1, 2010
Chaturvedi & French |
US Anti-Corruption Regulation Risks Stepped-up enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act requires enhanced global coordination of compliance |
The Motley Fool
July 13, 2011
Jonathan Berr |
Rupert Murdoch's Never-Ending Headache A $5 billion share buyback won't calm outraged investors as a possible federal inquiry looms. |
National Defense
November 2011
Piazza & Ayers |
Regulators Flex Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement Muscles Continuing a trend that started late in the last decade, the Securities and Exchange Commission this year continues to raise the bar on the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977. |
The Motley Fool
April 7, 2005
Rich Smith |
Monsanto's Bad Seed Could the agrochemical giant's Indonesian bribery scandal infect China next? |
Chemistry World
September 25, 2014
Hepeng Jia |
GSK fined 300 million for China corruption After investigation by Chinese police, the British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline was fined a record Yuan3 billion ( 300 million pounds) for bribing Chinese doctors and hospital officials. |
CFO
July 15, 2011
Kimberly Blanton |
Creating a Culture of Compliance "Tone at the top" is an overused phrase, but if companies want to mitigate fraud senior leaders need to speak up forcefully. |
The Motley Fool
August 8, 2005
Rich Smith |
Welcome to America, Daimler-Benz The German half of DaimlerChrysler is under investigation by the Feds. European investors could be in for some rude surprises. |
BusinessWeek
April 22, 2010
Alan Katz |
The City That Got Swapped A decade ago, the mayor of Saint-Etienne, France, hit on a novel way to help pay for urban renewal: currency and interest rate swaps. He was a hero for a while. Then came the crash. Now he's the ex-mayor of a town facing financial disaster. |
BusinessWeek
July 21, 2003
Carol Matlack in Paris |
Can Alstom Get Back on Track? It's a financial wreck, and the rescue plan may not work |
National Defense
July 2009
Latour & Maki |
Companies Must Resist Temptations to Cut Corners The defense industry must counter any temptation to cut corners that could result in violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). |
The Motley Fool
November 11, 2004
Rich Smith |
SEC Targets Lucent Ex-Execs Investigation into alleged Saudi bribery by its Chinese subsidiary moves ahead. Lucent's stock has dropped 15% in value. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
August 1, 2014
Severin Wirz |
Only Fools Rush In The importance of pre-acquisition due diligence. |
Chemistry World
July 12, 2013
Phillip Broadwith |
GSK under investigation over corruption in China Chinese police are investigating GlaxoSmithKline over claims of bribery and tax-related crimes. |
