Compliance in the supply chain

This subtopic brings together materials of relevance relating to compliance with various laws in relation to the supply chain.

Precedent: Compliance with law and regulation clause is a boilerplate clause which can be used in a supply chain contract to set out a general obligation on the parties to comply with laws and regulations.

Bribery

This part of the subtopic considers the key aspects of the Bribery Act 2010 (BA 2010), where the risk of bribery and corruption arises in the supply chain, and how that risk can be managed contractually. Bribery and corruption continue to remain a major issue in world trade, despite dedicated efforts to prevent them over many years.

BA 2010 applies to any commercial organisation that is incorporated or trades in the UK. It covers bribery committed by the organisation, or on its behalf, in the UK and, crucially for many commercial organisations, anywhere else in the world (ie BA 2010 has extraterritorial effect). Other jurisdictions have anti-bribery and corruption laws and many organisations are subject to the broad US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 1977 (FCPA 1977).

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