Sentence examples for corrupt act from inspiring English sources

Initially SMEs had feared that their liabilities under the 2010 Act would stretch to any corrupt act by someone acting on their behalf.

First, a higher probability of getting caught in a corrupt act decreases corruption.

"To see the odd scandal and the odd corrupt act," he says, "maybe helps us realise what our values are".

In his testimony Mr. Freeh said, "The pardon of Marc Rich was a corrupt act," but he said "it was not an act by Mr. Holder".

The subcommittee ruled that Mr. Kouri did not commit a corrupt act because he had not yet taken his oath at the time he took the money.

When money has been offered or promised in exchange for a corrupt act, the official involved need not actually accomplish that act for the offense of bribery to be complete.

Unlike America's Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), it requires no proof of bosses' intent or knowledge: so long as the charged firm benefits from corrupt acts committed by an employee (even one acting through a subsidiary or a subcontractor) it is on the hook.

First, in the corruption experiment, individuals in the high-monitoring group commit fewer corrupt acts than those in the low-monitoring groups.

Mr. Friedman has journeyed through Russia and created a series called "Photo51 — Is Corruption in Russia's DNA?" But his images are not documentary evidence of corrupt acts.

He was exonerated by the ethics committee of breaching his duty of disclosure of allegedly corrupt acts.

While admitting he had made mistakes in handling his personal and public business and apologizing for any wrongdoing, Mr. Rangel said he had not committed any corrupt acts.