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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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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 September 2005 Shaheen & Geren |
Penalties Get Tougher For FCPA Violations The government is cracking down on bribes by government contractors to foreign officials. |
InternetNews December 15, 2004 Tim Gray |
Time Warner Settles Fraud Case Time Warner said today that it has agreed to pay $210 million in criminal and civil fines to settle a federal fraud case stemming from allegedly shady advertising deals within its America Online division. |
IndustryWeek March 16, 2011 |
Schooled By Scandals Manufacturers burned by foreign bribery scandals provide valuable lessons for companies expanding their global presence. |
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. |
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. |
CFO April 1, 2003 Julia Homer |
They ARE Out to Get You So far, relatively few executives have gone to jail for white-collar crimes. That may be about to change. |
Registered Rep. February 18, 2009 John Churchill |
UBS Nailed With $780 Million Fine, Admits To Aiding Tax Dodge Clients The U.S. government has taken its pound of flesh from UBS today. According to a Department of Justice press release. |
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. |
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. |
National Defense August 2006 Shaheen & Bombach |
Anti-Bribery Enforcement On the Increase Overseas U.S. government contractors involved in overseas sales recognize the need to comply with the anti-bribery provisions of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
CFO January 1, 2008 Kate O'Sullivan |
Foreign Intelligence CFOs need to be smart about overseas operations -- or risk paying a heavy price. |
The Motley Fool January 8, 2004 Rich Smith |
Oops, I(BM) Did it Again Once again IBM finds itself embattled in bribing controversy abroad. |
BusinessWeek February 13, 2006 |
Defining the Role of Ethics Monitor Fraud can't be eliminated completely, says former SEC Chairman Richard Breeden. But it can be caught before the damage is done. |
InternetNews October 13, 2005 Roy Mark |
Price-Fixing Costs Samsung $300M The Korean chip giant is latest DRAM maker to plead guilty in US courts to its role in a global price-fixing conspiracy. The size of the fine is historic in proportion. Infineon and Hynix had already plead guilty to similar charges. |
InternetNews September 22, 2004 Jim Wagner |
Former CA CEO Indicted Sanjay Kumar is charged with securities fraud, conspiracy and obstruction offenses, while his former company Computer Associates strikes a deal to avoid court. |
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." |
Inc. August 2007 Alison Stein Wellner |
No Free Pass Anti-bribery law is now being aggressively enforced. |
CFO September 1, 2006 Lori Calabro |
U.S. Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty Paul McNulty, whose team of prosecutors has convicted some 30 CFOs in the past four years, talks about backdating, company cooperation, and why the government's Corporate Fraud Task Force isn't going away. |
CFO May 1, 2005 Lori Calabro |
In Your Own Defense Why representing finance executives in lawsuits is both an art and a science. |
National Defense January 2007 David Hickey |
Companies Must Set and Review Compliance Priorities As 2006 closed, the Department of Justice's criminal division announced the formal creation of a national task force "to promote the prevention, early detection and prosecution of procurement fraud." |
InternetNews April 24, 2006 Roy Mark |
Feds Nab E-Rate Fraudsters A Houston-based networking company agreed Friday to pay more than $4.6 million in fines and restitution to settle E-Rate fraud charges. |
InternetNews November 16, 2006 David Needle |
Another Guilty Plea in DRAM Price Fixing Scandal The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that a former executive of Elpida Memory, a large Japanese manufacturer of DRAM chips, agreed to plead guilty for his participation in a global conspiracy to fix prices. |
InternetNews April 20, 2006 Roy Mark |
School Official Hit With E-Rate Fraud Charge A former South Carolina school technology director is facing charges she committed mail and wire fraud in a scheme to defraud the federal E-rate program that helps schools and libraries connect to the Internet. |
CFO April 1, 2005 Tim Reason |
The Limits of Mercy The cost of cooperating with the SEC is high. The cost of not cooperating is even higher. Faced with financial penalties, career-ending bans, and possible criminal prosecution, more individuals are choosing to fight the SEC. |
The Motley Fool April 8, 2004 Rich Smith |
Lockheed's Titanic Markdown The company demands a discount before proceeding to buy Titan. |
InternetNews December 1, 2005 Roy Mark |
Samsung Pleads Guilty to Price Fixing Korean electronics giant Samsung agrees to pay second-largest criminal antitrust fine in U.S. history. |
Inc. November 2004 Darren Dahl |
Do the Right Thing -- or Else New federal ethics rules apply to all companies, regardless of size. |
CFO April 1, 2003 Kris Frieswick |
Fraud Squad Federal investigators are on a crusade to elevate corporate misdeeds to criminal offenses. |
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. |
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 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. |
BusinessWeek December 10, 2009 Chad Terhune |
A Hole in Health-Care Reform Over billing by medical-equipment suppliers, device makers, and drug companies has cost taxpayers billions. New legislation will do little to stem the tide. |
BusinessWeek February 13, 2006 Joseph Weber |
Calling the Ethics Cops A growing army of corporate monitors are helping companies police their dealings and adjudicate ethical quandaries |
National Defense January 2006 Reeder & Hickey |
Make Commitment To Corporate Ethics The National Defense Industrial Association puts ethical conduct on par with shareholder profits and believes maintaining the highest ethical standards throughout the defense industry has never been more important to the country. |
CFO April 1, 2004 Ronald Fink |
Playing Favorites Why Alan Greenspan's Fed lets banks off easy on corporate fraud. |
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. |
National Defense January 2012 David Hickey |
Cutting Costs Does Not Require Cutting Compliance Lest anyone think the federal government will tolerate less contractor compliance, the current environment indicates that it is much more likely that the government will pursue allegations of non-compliance, fraud, waste and abuse with even greater vigor. |
BusinessWeek June 18, 2007 Dawn Kopecki |
Backdating: Why Penalties Are Puny The SEC considers options violations less serious than other kinds of financial fraud. |
National Defense April 2009 Hickey & Parker |
White House Kicks Off New Wave of Reforms Pledges and actions in the president's first few weeks in office, signal that increased ethics restrictions on government appointees, lobbyists and contractors have arrived. |