The Impact of Corporate Liability on Corruption in Latin America
Most Latin American countries are in the process of implementing international anticorruption standards, including standards for combating corporate corruption. Primarily based on the U.S. experience with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), these international standards for combating corporate...
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2019-01-01
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| author | Guillermo Jorge |
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| description | Most Latin American countries are in the process of implementing international anticorruption standards, including standards for combating corporate corruption. Primarily based on the U.S. experience with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), these international standards for combating corporate corruption are coalescing into a standardized paradigm, which requires states to establish corporate liability regimes that incentivize companies to prevent, self-police, and cooperate with law enforcement authorities in exchange for more lenient sanctions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5099b9ab800d4e1e8ff15458704950cf2023-03-09T12:27:09ZengCambridge University PressAJIL Unbound2398-77232019-01-0111332032510.1017/aju.2019.57The Impact of Corporate Liability on Corruption in Latin AmericaGuillermo Jorge0Partner at Bruchou, Fernández Madero & Lombardi and Global Adjunct Professor at NYU Law School in Buenos Aires.Most Latin American countries are in the process of implementing international anticorruption standards, including standards for combating corporate corruption. Primarily based on the U.S. experience with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), these international standards for combating corporate corruption are coalescing into a standardized paradigm, which requires states to establish corporate liability regimes that incentivize companies to prevent, self-police, and cooperate with law enforcement authorities in exchange for more lenient sanctions.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2398772319000576/type/journal_article |
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