US:
- Department of Justice
- Justice Manual 9-28.800 Corporate Compliance Programs
- Justice Manual 9-47.000 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977
- Memorandum, Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (updated in June 2020)
- Department of Justice and Securities & Exchange Commission, A Resource Guide to the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Second Edition 56-68 (2020).
- US Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 8B2.1 Effective Compliance and Ethics Program
UK:
- Ministry of Justice, The Bribery Act 2010 Guidance
- Director of Public Prosecutions and the Director of the Serious Fraud Office, Bribery Act 2010: Joint Prosecution Guidance
France:
- Law n° 2016-1691 on Transparency, Fight Against Corruption and Economic Modernization, dated December 9, 2016 (the “Sapin II Law”)
- Implementing regulations of the Sapin II Law:
- Regulation n° 2017-329, dated March 14, 2017 (on the French Anticorruption Agency)
- Regulation n° 2017-564, dated April 19, 2017 (on the whistleblowing mechanism)
- Regulation n° 2017-660, dated April 27, 2017 (on the French DPA)
- The French Anticorruption Agency’s (AFA) Guidelines, which include the following:
The AFA’s Guidelines to Help Private and Public Sector Entities Prevent and Detect Corruption, Influence Peddling, Extortion by Public Officials, Unlawful Taking of Interest, Misappropriation of Public Funds and Favoritism / Guidelines for Companies / The Code of Conduct / The Anticorruption Risk Mapping / The Internal Anticorruption Alert System / The Evaluation of Third Parties’ Integrity / Conflicts of Interest / Facilitating Payments / Compliance Functions in the Company / Guidelines on Gifts and Hospitality / AFA’s Support to Companies / Practical Guide on Anticorruption Due Diligence for Mergers and Acquisitions
Italy:
- Legislative Decree No. 231 of June 8, 2001;
- Legislative Decree No. 231 of November 21, 2007 on Anti-money Laundering regulations;
- Regulation (EU) No. 2016/679 on General Data Protection;
- Legislative Decree No. 196/2003, as subsequently modified and amended by Legislative Decree No. 101/2018 on Italian Data Protection regulations;
- Confindustria Guidelines for drafting organizational, management and control models pursuant to Decree 231, as updated in June 2021;
- “Consolidated principles for the preparation of organizational models and the activity of the supervisory body and revision perspectives of Legislative Decree. June 8, 2001, no. 231” of the CNDCEC (Consiglio Nazionale dei Dottori Commercialisti e degli Esperti Contabili / National Council of Chartered Accountants and Accounting Experts).
Other:
- OECD Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions, Good practice guidance on internal controls, ethics, and compliance
- The Network of Corruption Prevention Authorities, Technical Guide on Codes of Conduct