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 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act self-linksurface differs
surface form: FCPA
allows facilitating payments exception under limited circumstances
amendedBy Foreign Corrupt Practices Act self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 of America
surface form: United States
dateEnacted 1977-12-19
enactedBy United States Congress
enforcedBy United States Department of Justice
surface form: U.S. Department of Justice

Securities and Exchange Commission
surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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
this entity surface form: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (securities provisions)
Division of Enforcement of the SEC enforces Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
this entity surface form: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (securities-related provisions)
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act abbreviation Foreign Corrupt Practices Act self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: FCPA
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act title Foreign Corrupt Practices Act self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act amendedBy Foreign Corrupt Practices Act self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: International Anti-Bribery and Fair Competition Act of 1998
FCPA Unit enforces Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
FCPA Unit subjectOfLaw Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
this entity surface form: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977
United States federal securities laws includes Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
this entity surface form: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977