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The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the criminal responsibility of the company

Authors :
Héctor Gadea Benavides
Source :
Thēmis, Vol 0, Iss 68, Pp 153-162 (2015)
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
Asociacion Civil THEMIS, 2015.

Abstract

Due to the possible adoption in Peru of the criminal responsibility for companies and of the corporate compliance programs, the author analyzes the position that the United States has adopted facing the acts of corruption abroad, which legal basis is the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. In the present article, the author will do an study of this regulation, covering its scope, who are imputable by it and the possible situations that generate criminal responsibility. All of this developed over the position taken by the jurisprudence in notorious corruption scandals. In addition, the development of the effectiveness of the compliance figure will be studied as well as the implementation of incentives for the corporations to adopt prevention policies.

Details

Language :
Spanish; Castilian
ISSN :
18109934
Issue :
68
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Thēmis
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.6719b3a075f942e99cfb9e751be2ce6f
Document Type :
article