As part of our occasional series of conversations with compliance executives and others influential in the corporate governance world, Compliance Week caught up with Richard Alderman, director of the United Kingdom’s Serious Fraud Office, to talk about the new Bribery Act coming into effect in April, the broad new powers it provides to U.K. prosecutors, and what he wants all companies to know about the law. In particular, Alderman spoke with Compliance Week about some of the misconceptions he’s heard about what is and isn’t permissible under the Act, what it means to have adequate anti-corruption policies and procedures, and how his agency wants to work with companies to help them comply with the new law.
As the lead agency responsible for investigating and prosecuting corruption in Britain, what are the top corporate misconduct cases the Serious Fraud Office is looking at right now?
