S.authorities with information aboutindustrypractices that could violate the ForeignCorruptPractices Act, according to court documents and people familiar with the investigations.
Allegations include violations of the False Claims Actand the ForeignCorruptPracticesAct (FCPA) as well as the Anti-Kickback Act of 1986 and the Truth In Negotiations Act.
Microsoft is committed to observing the standards of conduct set forth in the United States ForeignCorruptPracticesActand the applicable anti-corruption and anti-money laundering laws of the countries in which we operate.
As Lynn Turner, the SEC's former chief accountant, points out, much of what the act requires is covered by the ForeignCorruptPracticesAct of 1977 and by the Treadway Commission's recommendations on firms' internal controls, which date back to the early 1990s.