영국에서의 기업의 뇌물제공에 대한 처벌규정에 관한 소고

UK Bribery Act has been described as "the toughest anti-corruption legislation in the world", raising the bar above the standard set by the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. In order to be free from the UK Bribery Act investigation, South Korean companies which wish to continue its business with some relations with United Kingdom must take measures to prevent corruptive business practice as soon as possivle. it is unfortunate that South Korean companies have not demonstrated a corruption free business practices because either sanctions are low-level or confiscation does not exist under Korean Anti-Bribery Law. Thus both knowing the Act in details and complying with it are an urgent matter. To ensure the compliance measures, Korean government must make it a legal obligation for companies to set up an internal department which handles the adequate procedures for bribery prevention in and outside the United Kingdom. Along with such a continuos monitoring system, pratical whistleblower protection program must be enforced Many countries including such as US, UK and Japan have the internal control system as regulations in the commercial law or corporative law to reduce the risk in business and prevent the corruption of companies. However, that’s not the case in Korea. Therefore, it should be considered that the internal control system is imposed as regulations of the commercial law in Korea.