The OECD Convention on Bribery_ A (经合组织反贿赂公约)(2007).pdf

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the oecd convention on bribery
The OECD Convention is the first major international treaty specifically
to address ‘supply-side bribery’ by sanctioning the briber. The OECD
Convention establishes an international standard pliance with
anti-corruption rules by 36 countries, including the 30 OECD members
and six non-member countries, with the leading OECD exporting countries
receiving particular attention. This book is an article-by-mentary
which gives particular attention to the results of the OECD monitoring
process as applied to state implementation.
Companies in particular are at ever greater risk of legal and ‘reputational’
damage resulting from failure ply with the anti-corruption standards,
set inter alia, by the OECD Convention. This book provides them with
comprehensive guidance on the OECD standards.
mentary also constitutes a significant work parative
criminal law. It is written and edited by persons who include experts
involved in development of the Convention standards as well as academics
and legal practitioners.
MARK PIETH is Professor of Criminal Law at Basel University, chairman of
the OECD Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transac-
tions, and member of the Swiss Federal mission, chairman of
the board of the Basel Institute on Governance and member of the UN
Independent mittee into the Iraq Oil-for-Food Programme.
He was formerly member of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and head
of section of Economic anised Crime at the Swiss Ministry of Justice
and Police, member of the Chemical Action Task Force on Precursor
Chemicals and chairman of the UN Intergovernmental Expert Group
Commission to determine the extent of illicit trafficking in drugs. He has
published in the fields of economic anised crime, money laundering,
corruption, sentencing and criminal procedure.
LUCINDA A. LOW is a partner at Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington DC,
with a practice focusing on US and interna