Multinational corporations and the foreign corrupt practices act
| dc.contributor.author | Jones, J.D, Marcus D | |
| dc.contributor.author | Haile, Semere | |
| dc.date | 2011-01-01 | |
| dc.description | 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. government in 1977 was a watershed event in the fight against corruption in the postwar era (Cragg 2002). In the wake of the Watergate investigations, which revealed extensive bribery of foreign officials by American corporations, there was a maelstrom of moral outrage (Brown, 1998). The same sort of moral outrage that was heard in the wake of ENRON and more 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. The increase is especially worrisome for companies looking to make international acquisitions, as they face the burden of 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 whose presence in the U.S. is limited only to some representation in the capital markets-for instance, a local stock market listing in the form of an American depositary receipt (Friedlander, 2005). The FCPA is just one example of how the U.S. government has sought to regulate the conduct of American MNCs in foreign countries (Borg, 2003). U.S. firms seeking to do business in foreign markets must be familiar with the FCPA. This paper will review the history and parts of the FCPA, its effectiveness, and its current and future impact on American Multinational Corporations. | en-US |
| dc.description | 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 era de la posguerra (Cragg, 2002). A raíz de las investigaciones de Watergate, que revelaron el soborno de funcionarios extranjeros extensa por las corporaciones estadounidenses, se produjo un remolino de indignación moral (Brown, 1998). El mismo tipo de indignación moral que se escuchó en la estela de Enron y, más recientemente, en la investigación sobre contratos de Halliburtonen, Nigeria. El gobierno de los EE.UU. está llevando a un número creciente de casos, bajo la bandera de la FCPA, que tiene por objeto reducir los sobornos cometidos en los EE.UU. y las corporaciones extranjeras. El aumento es especialmente preocupante para las empresas que buscan realizar adquisiciones internacionales, como los que se enfrentan la carga sin ninguna responsabilidad bajo la FCPA, comprometidos por la empresa que están comprando. También debe preocupar a las empresas extranjeras en general cómo el gobierno de EE.UU. ha mostrado una voluntad de investigar e interponer las acciones contra las empresas cuya presencia en los EE.UU. se limita sólo a alguna representación en los mercados de capital, por ejemplo, una lista de los mercados locales de valores en la forma de American Depositary Receipt (Friedlander, 2005). La FCPA es sólo un ejemplo de cómo el gobierno de los EE.UU. ha tratado de regular la conducta de las multinacionales estadounidenses en el extranjero (Borg, 2003). Empresas de EE.UU. que buscan hacer negocios en los mercados extranjeros deben estar familiarizados con la FCPA. En este trabajo revisaremos la historia y las partes de la FCPA, por su eficacia y su impacto actual y futuro de las corporaciones multinacionales americanas. | es-ES |
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| dc.identifier | https://revistas.unilibre.edu.co/index.php/saber/article/view/1759 | |
| dc.identifier | 10.18041/2382-3240/saber.2011v6n1.1759 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10901/13441 | |
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| dc.publisher | Universidad Libre Sede Cartagena | es-ES |
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| dc.source | Saber, Ciencia y Libertad; Vol 6 No 1 (2011): Revista Saber, Ciencia y Libertad; 19-27 | en-US |
| dc.source | Saber, Ciencia y Libertad; Vol. 6 Núm. 1 (2011): Revista Saber, Ciencia y Libertad; 19-27 | es-ES |
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| dc.subject.proposal | Corporaciones | es-ES |
| dc.subject.proposal | multinacionales | es-ES |
| dc.subject.proposal | economía | es-ES |
| dc.subject.proposal | ley | es-ES |
| dc.subject.proposal | mercados | es-ES |
| dc.title | Multinational corporations and the foreign corrupt practices act | en-US |
| dc.title | Las empresas multinacionales y la ley de prácticas corruptas extranjeras | es-ES |
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