FCPA Made Simple
30 min! Run Time
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What you'll learn
Skills covered in this course
Description
A thorough, plain-English breakdown of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act that helps employees understand the law and avoid costly violations.
What this course covers:
- What counts as a bribe or kickback to government officials
- The facilitating-payments exemption and the danger of third-party agents
- Accurate recordkeeping and internationally accepted GAAP accounting
- The roles of the Department of Justice and SEC in enforcement
- Why intent is the most important element of the law
Suited to employees and business representatives who conduct business at home or abroad. Includes an HD video and an employee quiz.
System Requirements
See System Requirements in the Coggno Knowledge Base
Author
For 22 years, TrainingABC has provided high quality employee training content to companies, schools and government organizations around the world. Currently, over 2000 organizations use Trainingabc courses in their training.
Our courses focus on topics like HR compliance, customer service and leadership take complex topics and make them simple by using video. With sleek, modern, high-definition video, the courses break the language of the topic down into layman's terms making it much easier for employees to understand and retain information.
FCPA Made Simple
Frequently Asked Questions
The course breaks down what counts as a bribe or kickback to government decision-makers, giving employees a plain-English understanding of the conduct the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act actually prohibits in practice. This detail sits at the center of what the FCPA basics course is meant to teach.
It covers the facilitating-payments exemption and the danger of third-party agents, warning that routing payments through intermediaries does not remove an employee's own underlying legal exposure under the FCPA. It is one of the specific points the course on the FCPA basics walks through in depth.
The course explains accurate recordkeeping and internationally accepted GAAP accounting, showing how proper books and records tie directly into staying compliant with the FCPA over the long term. The course keeps this grounded in the practical realities covered under the FCPA basics.
It covers the roles of the Department of Justice and SEC in enforcement, clarifying which agency handles which side of a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violation once one is uncovered. This is a core thread the FCPA basics material returns to throughout the lesson.
The course stresses why intent is the most important element of the law, and includes an HD video plus an employee quiz to reinforce that central point for learners. It reflects the kind of applied detail the course builds into its coverage of the FCPA basics.
