دورية أكاديمية
Multinational corporations and the foreign corrupt practices act: A legal look at transnational business ; Las empresas multinacionales y la ley de prácticas corruptas extranjeras: Una mirada jurídica a empresas transnacionales
| العنوان: | Multinational corporations and the foreign corrupt practices act: A legal look at transnational business ; Las empresas multinacionales y la ley de prácticas corruptas extranjeras: Una mirada jurídica a empresas transnacionales |
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| المؤلفون: | Jones, J.D, Marcus D, Haile, Semere |
| المصدر: | Saber, Ciencia y Libertad; Vol. 6 No. 1 (2011): Revista Saber, Ciencia y Libertad; 19-27 ; Saber, Ciencia y Libertad; Vol. 6 Núm. 1 (2011): Revista Saber, Ciencia y Libertad; 19-27 ; 2382-3240 ; 1794-7154 |
| بيانات النشر: | Universidad Libre - Sede Cartagena |
| سنة النشر: | 2011 |
| المجموعة: | Portal de Revistas de la Universidad Libre Colombia |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Corporaciones, multinacionales, economía, ley, mercados, Corporations, multinational, economy, law, markets |
| الوصف: | Multinational Corporations (MNC) play a major role in the world economy and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has had a major impact on how MNC conducts business. The passage of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by the U.S. governmentin1977wasawatershedeventinthefightagainstcorruptioninthepostwarera(Cragg2002).Inthewakeof theWatergateinvestigations,whichrevealedextensivebriberyofforeignofficialsbyAmericancorporations,therewasa maelstromofmoraloutrage(Brown,1998).ThesamesortofmoraloutragethatwasheardinthewakeofENRONandmore recently in the Halliburton investigation involving Nigerian contracts. The U.S. government is bringing an increasing number of cases under the banner of the (FCPA), which is intended to curtail bribery committed by both U.S. and foreign corporations. Theincreaseisespeciallyworrisomeforcompanieslookingtomakeinternationalacquisitions,astheyfacetheburdenof being saddled with any liabilities under FCPA committed by the company they are buying. It should also concern foreign companies in general, as the U.S. government has shown a willingness to investigate and bring actions against corporations whosepresenceintheU.S.islimitedonlytosomerepresentationinthecapitalmarkets-forinstance,alocalstockmarket listing in the form of an American depositary receipt (Friedlander, 2005). The FCPA is just one example of how the U.S. governmenthassoughttoregulatetheconductofAmericanMNCsinforeigncountries(Borg,2003).U.S.firmsseekingto dobusinessinforeignmarketsmustbefamiliarwiththeFCPA.ThispaperwillreviewthehistoryandpartsoftheFCPA,its effectiveness, and its current and future impact on American Multinational Corporations. ; Las corporaciones multinacionales (MNC) juegan un papel importante en la economía mundial y la Ley de Prácticas Corruptas Extranjeras ha tenido un gran impacto en la forma cómo las multinacionales realizan sus negocios. La aprobación de la Ley de Prácticas Corruptas Exteriores (FCPA) del gobierno de los EE.UU. en 1977 fue un acontecimiento decisivo en la lucha contra la corrupción en la ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | Spanish; Castilian |
| العلاقة: | https://revistas.unilibre.edu.co/index.php/saber/article/view/1759/1285Test; https://revistas.unilibre.edu.co/index.php/saber/article/view/1759Test |
| DOI: | 10.18041/2382-3240/saber.2011v6n1.1759 |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.18041/2382-3240/saber.2011v6n1.1759Test https://revistas.unilibre.edu.co/index.php/saber/article/view/1759Test |
| حقوق: | Derechos de autor 2018 Saber, Ciencia y Libertad |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.19DDC298 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.18041/2382-3240/saber.2011v6n1.1759 |
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