Promises of Leniency: Whether Companies Should Self-Disclose Violations of the Foreign Corrupt Pract
Over the last ten years, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has prosecuted an increasing number of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations, imposing larger and larger penalties. In fiscal year 2010, the Criminal Division of the DOJ imposed $1 billion in penalties as a result of violations of the FCPA, the largest in FCPA enforcement history. Most FCPA enforcement actions are brought against corporations for conduct that American law enforcement agencies have difficulty d