Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

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The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is a U.S. federal law that prohibits bribery of foreign officials and mandates accurate corporate accounting to combat international corruption.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
anti-corruption law ⓘ
abbreviation FCPA ⓘ
allows facilitating payments exception under limited circumstances ⓘ
amendedBy International Anti-Bribery and Fair Competition Act of 1998 ⓘ
Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 ⓘ
appliesTo U.S. domestic concerns ⓘ
U.S. issuers of securities ⓘ
certain foreign persons and businesses acting in U.S. territory ⓘ
officers, directors, employees, and agents of covered entities ⓘ
publicly traded companies in the United States ⓘ
codifiedIn 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1 et seq. ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateEnacted 1977-12-19 ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
enforcedBy U.S. Department of Justice ⓘ
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ
hasComponent accounting provisions ⓘ
anti-bribery provisions ⓘ
historicalContext enacted in response to corporate bribery scandals in the 1970s ⓘ
inspired OECD Anti-Bribery Convention implementation in the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction extraterritorial ⓘ
legalDomain corporate law ⓘ
international business law ⓘ
securities regulation ⓘ
objective deter U.S. companies from engaging in foreign bribery ⓘ
promote transparency in financial reporting ⓘ
penaltyType civil penalties ⓘ
criminal penalties ⓘ
fines ⓘ
imprisonment ⓘ
primaryPurpose combat bribery of foreign public officials ⓘ
combat international corruption ⓘ
promote accurate corporate accounting ⓘ
prohibits bribery of foreign officials ⓘ
offers of anything of value to foreign officials for improper advantage ⓘ
payments to foreign officials to obtain or retain business ⓘ
relatedTo OECD Anti-Bribery Convention ⓘ
UK Bribery Act 2010 ⓘ
requires companies to implement compliance programs to prevent bribery ⓘ
issuers to maintain accurate books and records ⓘ
issuers to maintain internal accounting controls ⓘ
sector corporate compliance ⓘ
signedBy Jimmy Carter ⓘ
targets corruption in international business transactions ⓘ
title Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 ⓘ
yearEnacted 1977 ⓘ

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Lockheed bribery scandals → relatedTo → Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ⓘ
Division of Enforcement of the SEC → legalAuthority → Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (securities provisions) ⓘ
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Division of Enforcement of the SEC → enforces → Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (securities-related provisions) ⓘ
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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act → abbreviation → FCPA ⓘ
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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act → title → Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 ⓘ
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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act → amendedBy → International Anti-Bribery and Fair Competition Act of 1998 ⓘ
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FCPA Unit → enforces → Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ⓘ
FCPA Unit → subjectOfLaw → Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 ⓘ
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United States federal securities laws → includes → Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 ⓘ
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Miller & Chevalier → practiceArea → FCPA ⓘ
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