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| The UK's Bribery Act, 2010.
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| The Bribery Act 2010 was introduced to update and strengthen UK laws against bribery, including foreign bribery.
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| Among other aims, the Bribery Act is designed to address the requirements of the 1997 OECD anti-bribery Convention.
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| :<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''Extraterritorial aspect - UK Bribery Act'''''</span>
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| :""The Act
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| :Describes four offences to be defined as bribery...
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| :Introduces an extraterritorial aspect to each of the four bribery offences by including all acts and omissions which take place within or outside the UK...
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| :Helps tackle the threat that bribery poses to economic progress and development around the world.
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| :The four defined bribery offences are:
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| :#Offering or giving an advantage expressed in financial or other terms to a person to perform a public function or business activity in an improper way.
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| :#Requesting, accepting or agreeing to receive an advantage personally...
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| :#Offering or giving any advantage to foreign public officials...
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| :#The failure by a commercial organisation to prevent a bribe being paid for or on its behalf to achieve an advantage in the conduct of business."
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| :''The Bribery Act - United Kingdom - the Treasurer's Wiki.''
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| *[[Adequate procedures]] | |
| * [[Bribery]]
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| *[[Extraterritorial]]
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| *[[FCPA]]
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| *[[Law]]
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| *[[OECD]]
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| *[[SFO]]
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| *[[United Kingdom]]
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| [[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
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| [[Category:Ethics_and_corporate_governance]]
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Revision as of 06:47, 3 August 2013
Contract law.
Interpreting a contractual term against the interests of the party who inserted the term in the contract.
See also
