Barclays is now among a growing list of financial institutions to have to pay a penalty for violations of the books and records and internal accounting controls provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act due to questionable hiring practices. As with other cases of its kind, numerous compliance failures were present.

Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal,...