LAW 533 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Chief Operating Officer, Mens Rea, Canadian Business
16 Sep 2016
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Chapter 12: csr, overseas anti-bribery/ anti- corruption and the law: 12-2: bribery allegations against canadian mining firm blackfire in mexico: a. The facts of the case are that a ngo brought a complaint to the rcmp about concerns of a canadian mining company activities happening in mexico. The ngo has alleged that the mining company was paying the mayor of a small mexican town, in return for the mayor"s favour. This activity (bribery) constituted a violation of the federal corruption of foreign public. The parties involved are: the rcmp, ti- canada, Ngo (collation) and the mexican mayor, and blackfire. The laws involved are the corruption of foreign public. Act face up to 5 years in jail. In terms of risk management specifically, identification, evaluation. First the corporation should have identified the legal liability that would result if they took part in the illegal activity. Secondly they should have evaluated the risk of being found liability.
