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Corporate Liability, Risk Shifting, And The Paradox Of Compliance, William S. Laufer Oct 1999

Corporate Liability, Risk Shifting, And The Paradox Of Compliance, William S. Laufer

Vanderbilt Law Review

The evolution of corporate criminal law is explained by the shifting risks of liability and loss between corporations and their agents in accommodating the illogic of vicarious liability. A vivid example of the effects of this risk shifting is seen with the recent emergence of the good citizen corporation movement. This movement en- courages prosecutors with vast discretion to leverage indictments and convictions of subordinate agents, resort to civil and administrative actions against large and medium-sized corporations in place of criminal indictments, compromise agent indemnification, and enforce corporate self-regulation through elaborate plea agreements. Not surprisingly, organizations tend to conceive of …


On The Threshold Of The Adoption Of Global Antibribery Legislation, Barbara C. George, Kathleen A. Lacey, Jutta Birmele Jan 1999

On The Threshold Of The Adoption Of Global Antibribery Legislation, Barbara C. George, Kathleen A. Lacey, Jutta Birmele

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

This Article will (1) briefly discuss domestic U.S. anti-corruption efforts through a review of the substantive content of the 1977 FCPA and its 1988 amendments; (2) evaluate indicators of changes in domestic attitudes and policies toward business corruption as evidenced by the breadth and scope of recent increased enforcement activities of DOJ and the SEC; (3) analyze the factors causing recent changes in international attitudes and policies toward business corruption; and (4) examine the resulting international efforts to combat business corruption by governmental and non-governmental organizations, financial standard setting organizations, and financial institutions.