Trends in the international fight against bribery and corruption

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 90, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 199-244

  Cleveland, Margot ^a   Favo, Christopher M ^b   Frecka, Thomas J ^a   Owens, Charles L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION   (United States)

^c Ernst and Young LLP   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti bribery model; Bribery and corruption; Compliance enforcement; FCPA; OECD

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953478490     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0383-7     Document Type: Article

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