If you view public corruption as a bad thing (and we assume you do), then enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and other public integrity laws, in and of itself, is a good thing. But the way in which a law is enforced can be equally as important as combating the wrong it is intended to address. From this perspective, FCPA enforcement has made significant and positive contributions to the development of compliance programs and standards over the past decade.
