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Bribery Boom Or Bust: A Practitioner’S Primer For Differentiating Between Bribes And Legitimate Exceptions In The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Jer Monson Oct 2012

Bribery Boom Or Bust: A Practitioner’S Primer For Differentiating Between Bribes And Legitimate Exceptions In The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Jer Monson

The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law

This article seeks to help business practitioners anticipate and prevent business challenges related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. To this end, it attempts a high-level, practitioner-friendly review of the FCPA—including an in-depth look at the anti-bribery provisions, case-based illustrations of their application, and guidelines for staying in compliance. Part I provides practitioners with a brief introduction to the FCPA. Part II proceeds with a more detailed background and overview of the FCPA, examining both the statute’s enactment and the obligations arising from it. Part III provides practitioners with an overview of significant global developments in anti-corruption policy, and profiles …


Leveraging The Dialectical Theory In Case Study Analysis: Genzyme's Ethical Dilemma, Andrei Duta Sep 2012

Leveraging The Dialectical Theory In Case Study Analysis: Genzyme's Ethical Dilemma, Andrei Duta

The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law

This paper provides the theoretical framework for a case study that I share with students in my courses. The dialectical theory is used to analyze ethical conundrums pertaining to Genzyme, a successful bio-tech corporation based in Boston, Massachusetts that manufactures treatments for serious diseases such as kidney problems, immune diseases, and cancer. We discuss questions such as: is Genzyme acting unethically when averaging extremely high profit margins on drugs for rare diseases? Is the company taking advantage of the lack of pharmaceutical choices that patients have when addressing their ailments? The dialectical theory provides the framework and vocabulary for discussing, …


Corporate Lawyers After The Big Quake: The Conceptual Fault Line In The Professional Duty Of Confidentiality, Thomas G. Bost Jan 2012

Corporate Lawyers After The Big Quake: The Conceptual Fault Line In The Professional Duty Of Confidentiality, Thomas G. Bost

The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law

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Codes Of Ethics And State Fiduciary Duties: Where Is The Line?, Z. Jill Barclift Jan 2012

Codes Of Ethics And State Fiduciary Duties: Where Is The Line?, Z. Jill Barclift

The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law

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