In the United States, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Was

question 68

Multiple Choice

In the United States, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act was passed during the 1970s following revelations that

• A) U.S. companies had bribed government officials in foreign countries in an attempt to win lucrative contracts.
• B) U.S. companies were involved in bribing U.S. government officials in cases related to major corporate and accounting scandals.
• C) U.S. government bureaucrats demanded bribes from U.S. companies in return for a permit to operate in a foreign country.
• D) several companies were selling their products at lower prices in foreign countries than in the United States.
• E) successful business owners in the United States often had to pay "protection money" to the Mafia or face violent retribution.

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