Major construction & manufacturing corporation makes a side payment to a government official in india. in the united states, under the foreign corrupt practices act, this is

This is prohibited under this act. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) of 1977. This talks about how unlawful to give a bribe to “any employee or officer of a foreign government. So this act generally, denies the installment of fixes (bribes) to outside authorities to help with getting or holding business. 

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