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The Role of Corporate Governance in Curbing Foreign Corrupt Business Practices
Osgoode Legal Studies Research Paper Series
  • Poonam Puri, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
  • Andrew Nichol
Research Paper Number
11/2016

Subsequently published in the Osgoode Hall Law Journal.

Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Keywords
  • Corporate governance, Corporate law, Securities law, Corruption, Risk management, class actions, transnational law
Abstract

The role of corporate and securities laws in addressing foreign corrupt business practices has, 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.

Citation Information
Poonam Puri and Andrew Nichol. "The Role of Corporate Governance in Curbing Foreign Corrupt Business Practices" (2016)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/poonam_puri/63/