Directors' Duties and Corporate Anti-Corruption Compliance

Directors' Duties and Corporate Anti-Corruption Compliance

The 'Good Steward' in US and UK Law and Practice

O'Malley, Patrick J.

Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

01/2021

336

Dura

Inglês

9781786436511

15 a 20 dias

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Contents: Preface 1. Introduction: Framing the legal and ethical management problem of rooting out bribery in global business operations, and how the US and UK systems have focused on the role of company directors and officers in doing so 2. Corruption law basics: Applicable US and UK anti-bribery laws - general purview and the demands made on directors and officers as primary top-level corporate decision-makers 3. 'All ye faithful stewards': US and UK director/board and officer duties of care, loyalty, good faith, supervision, monitoring, prevention and similar, as regards bribery and corruption compliance under company, securities and other areas of the law 4. 'Where the rubber meets the road', and 'At the coalface': Private liability and tools of accountability for D&O failures to properly monitor, prevent or remedy corrupt practices in their business enterprises 5. 'Towards high noon for accountability': Conclusions, reflections and suggestions Index
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board accountability for corruption; bribery and boards of directors; board anti-bribery compliance US v UK; board accountability mechanisms compliance; US and UK bribery law and compliance; comparative compliance; comparative shareholder derivative lawsuits; Caremark lawsuits and board oversight