Management (14th Edition)
14th Edition
ISBN: 9780134527604
Author: Stephen P. Robbins, Mary A. Coulter
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 4, Problem 13DQ
Summary Introduction
Case summary/Introduction:
It is illegal for U.S. companies to bribe foreign officials. The FCPA resulted from Securities and Exchange Commission investigations in which 1970s in which more than 400 U.S. companies admitted to making questionable payments to foreign government officials, politicians.
Adequate information: The bank provided internships to family members of foreign officials with the goal of maintaining or increasing business with a Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund. The SEC issued a cease and desist order in which it stated the “Delivering internships was seen by a bank employees as a way to influence the officials decision.
To determine:
Reaction to the event of bribery, opinion about illegality of it and reason for its existence.
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