沃爾瑪只是美國公司海外行賄的冰山一角

????美國證監會近期提交的起訴書顯示，摩根士丹利公司曾先后35次向公司房地產部董事總經理彼得森發出通知，提醒其遵守美國反腐敗法，并特別說明，向中國上海市一家國有企業官員支付的款項違反了法律規定。然而，彼得森與該名中國官員仍私下瓜分了180萬美元。此外，他還幫助自己與該官員與摩根士丹利達成一項非常優惠的協議，從后者那里購買了價值340萬美元的資產。

????美國證監會執法部主任羅伯特?庫贊尼表示：“彼得森曾兩次違反法律規定。他曾秘密向一名政府官員行賄，為雇主招攬業務，并違反其對摩根士丹利客戶的誠信義務，為自己謀取私利。該案件證明，美國證監會對于任何違反《反海外腐敗法》的行為絕不姑息，尤其是那些故意規避公司內部控制的員工。”

????譯者：阿龍/汪皓

????According to the recently filed suit by the SEC, Morgan Stanley gave its executive Peterson, a managing director in the company's real estate division, 35 different notifications reminding him of U.S. bribery laws, including specific instructions that payments to an official of a Chinese state-owned company in Shanghai would be against the law. Nonetheless, Peterson arranged to split $1.8 million in secret payments with the Chinese official. He also negotiated a sweetheart deal for himself and the Chinese official to purchase a $3.4 million property from a Morgan Stanley.

????"Peterson crossed the line not once, but twice. He secretly bribed a government official to illegally win business for his employer and enriched himself in violation of his fiduciary duty to Morgan Stanley's clients," said Robert Khuzami, Director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement. "This case illustrates the SEC's commitment to holding individuals accountable for FCPA violations, particularly employees who intentionally circumvent their company's internal controls."