Anti-Corruption Resources

On behalf of Miller & Chevalier, we hope you find this set of anti-corruption resources helpful. The items in the following table of contents are links to the relevant documents. For further information, please contact your relationship lawyer or any member of the FCPA and International Anti-Corruption practice.

UNITED STATES

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

1. U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
2. DOJ and SEC FCPA Resource Guide (2020)
3. Compare Report: 2012 FCPA Resource Guide & 2020 FCPA Resource Guide
4. Select DOJ Opinion Procedure Releases (by topic)
   • Social Investments and Charitable Donations
   • Relationships with Officials and Former Officials
   • Joint Ventures
   • M&A Due Diligence/Successor Liability
   • Travel, Accommodation, Meals, Promotional Items, and Other Expenditures for Officials
   • Payments to Government Entities
   • Business with Government Entities
   • Payments to Agents/Intermediaries

Guidance Regarding Compliance Programs and Cooperation with Government

1. Federal Sentencing Guidelines (excerpts regarding compliance programs)
2. 21a Report of the SEC regarding Cooperation of Entities (Seaboard Report)
3. SEC Policy Statement regarding Cooperation of Individuals
4. DOJ Criminal Division’s Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs
5. U.S. Attorneys’ Manual 9-47.120 – FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy
6. Example of Recent DPA Appendix (regarding compliance obligations)

Dodd-Frank Act (excerpts regarding whistleblower regulations)

UNITED KINGDOM

1. U.K. Bribery Act 2010
2. Ministry of Justice Guidance
3. Ministry of Justice “Quick Start Guide”
4. Serious Fraud Office Guidance
   •  Adequate Procedures, Facilitation Payments, Business Expenditures, Questions and Answers
   • Corporate Self-Reporting
   • Evaluating a Compliance Programme
5. Homer E. Moyer, Analysis of U.K. Bribery Act

MULTILATERAL CONVENTIONS AND GUIDANCE

1. OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions
2. OECD Good Practice Guidance on Internal Controls, Ethics, and Compliance
3. United Nations Convention against Corruption
4. OAS Inter-American  Convention against Corruption
5. COE Criminal Law Convention on Corruption
6. African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption

COUNTRY RISK ASSESSMENTS

1. Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index
2. Transparency International Global Corruption Barometer
3. World Bank Economy Rankings
4. M&C Latin America Corruption Survey
5. M&C Europe-Caucasus-Asia Corruption Survey

CASE STUDIES AND OTHER ANTI-CORRUPTION RESOURCES

1. M&C Reviews and Alerts
2. Other M&C Publications
3. Getting the Deal Through – Anti-Corruption Regulation (2021)
   • Global Overview
   • United States
4. Market Intelligence – Anti-Corruption (2019)
   • Global Trends
   • United States