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By Apolone Gentles, JD, CPA,CGA, FCCA, Bsc (Hons) | 3 Minutes Read January 8, 2020

The essentials of anti-bribery and anti-corruption compliance programs

Organizations at risk of anti-bribery and anti-corruption (ABAC) violations should implement risk-based ABAC compliance programs.

Article by Apolone Gentles, JD, CPA,CGA, FCCA, Bsc (Hons) / Business, Finance and Accounting, Not for Profit / ABAC, accounting, anti-bribery, anti-corruption, books and records, bribery, Bribery Act 2010, continuous improvement, corruption, Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA), Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Internal Controls

By Occasional Contributors | 3 Minutes Read March 5, 2019

Recent guilty plea demonstrates that criminal liability for corruption may extend to corporate officers

Corporate criminal liability in Canada was expanded in 2013 following the R. v. Pétroles Global decision, which established that the “directing minds” of the corporation may be seated in the persons of middle management for purposes of establishing criminal liability of the company.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business / bribery, compliance, corporate officers, corruption, Criminal liability, regulatory compliance and enforcement, SNC-Lavalin

By Occasional Contributors | 3 Minutes Read January 31, 2019

Individual defendant receives three-year sentence for Canadian corruption conviction

On December 17th, 2018, Quebec’s Superior Court of Justice sentenced Yanaï Elbaz, a former senior manager of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), to a three-year prison term for his involvement in a bribery scheme in which SNC-Lavalin secured a $1.3 billion contract to build MUHC.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Finance and Accounting / anti-bribery, anti-bribery legislation, anti-corruption enforcement, anti-corruption law, bribery, corruption

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