Keywords
Corporate governance; Corruption--Law and legislation; Canada
Document Type
Special Issue Article
Abstract
The role of corporate and securities laws in addressing foreign corrupt business practices have, to date, received limited consideration. Departing from the substantial literature on the criminal and public law response to international corruption, the authors analyze Canada’s Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act in comparison with British and American legislation and conclude that the Canadian regime relies too heavily on the use of criminal sanctions and fails to contemplate the role of behaviour modification in its legislative structure. Recognizing that multinational corporations are well placed to identify, expose, and prevent corrupt business practices, the authors propose a private law-based solution that builds upon the existing corporate governance frameworks of multinational corporations to curtail corruption. Corporate law directors’ duties and securities law disclosure requirements provide legislators with complimentary tools to incentivize the development of internal control mechanisms and facilitate civil claims against corrupt companies.
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Citation Information
Puri, Poonam and Nichol, Andrew.
"The Role of Corporate Governance in Curbing Foreign Corrupt Business Practices."
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
53.1 (2015)
: 164-230.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.60082/2817-5069.2975
https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/ohlj/vol53/iss1/6