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Japan's Implementation Of The Oecd Anti-Bribery Convention: Weaker And Less Effective Than The U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, David L. Heifetz
Japan's Implementation Of The Oecd Anti-Bribery Convention: Weaker And Less Effective Than The U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, David L. Heifetz
Washington International Law Journal
In November 1997, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ("OECD") adopted the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions ("OECD Convention"). The preamble of the OECD Convention states that "bribery is a widespread phenomenon in international business transactions, ... which raises serious moral and political concerns, undermines good governance and economic development, and distorts international competitive conditions." All member countries signed the OECD Convention and thus were committed to implement it via the passage of domestic legislation by December 31, 1999. The Japanese promulgated new anti-bribery provisions to satisfy the mandates of the OECD …