The OECD Convention on Bribery: A Commentary

The OECD Convention on Bribery established an international standard for compliance with anti-corruption rules, and has subsequently been adopted by the thirty-four OECD members and six non-member countries. As a result of the Convention and national implementation laws, companies and managers now risk tough sanctions if they are caught bribing foreign officials. The UK Bribery Act 2010 is only one example of this development. The second edition of this, the only commentary on the Convention, provides law practitioners, company lawyers and academic researchers with comprehensive guidance on the OECD standards. It includes case examples as well as the FCPA Resource Guide 2012 and the 2009 OECD Recommendation for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials with Annexes I and II.

1. Introduction Mark Pieth; 2. Article 1: the offence of bribery of foreign public officials Ingeborg Zerbes; 3. Article 2: the responsibility of legal persons Mark Pieth; 4. Article 3: sanctions Peter J. Cullen; 5. Article 3(3): seizure and confiscation Mark Pieth; 6. Article 4: jurisdiction Mark Pieth; 7. Article 5: enforcement Peter J. Cullen and Mark Pieth; 8. Article 6: statute of limitations Peter J. Cullen; 9. Article 7: money laundering Mark Pieth; 10. Article 8: accounting Gregory S. Bruch and Akita N. Adkins; 11. Articles 9-11: international co-operation Maurice Harari and Delphine Jobin; 12. Article 12: monitoring and follow-up Nicola Bonucci; 13. Articles 13-17: final provisions Nicola Bonucci; 14. The FCPA and the World Bank sanctions system: perspective of a corporate defence counsel Lucinda A. Low; 15. A resource guide to the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act - the US government's perspective on enforcing the FCPA Philip Urofsky and Hee Won (Marina) Moon.