Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the Agreement of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to Prohibit Bribery in International Business Transaction.

Discusses issues regarding the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) of 1997, which prohibits U.S. corporate bribery of foreign officials and sets accounting standards for overseas business transactions. Identifies changes made by Title V of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to select...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1998.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Accounting. Corporations. Finance > Law and legislation. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Discusses issues regarding the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) of 1997, which prohibits U.S. corporate bribery of foreign officials and sets accounting standards for overseas business transactions. Identifies changes made by Title V of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to select provisions of FCPA. Addresses efforts of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to standardize bribery statutes worldwide.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.