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Can businesses succeed in a world of corruption (without paying bribes)?

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Every global business has to be careful about running afoul of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the federal law that prohibits paying bribes to foreign officials to “obtain or retain” business.

The Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are...

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