Season 2 Episode 29 The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Recent International Business Changes Associated with it Host Dr. Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor, Management Guest Dr. Chris Yenkey, Associate Professor, International Business Chris Yenkey is an associate professor in the Sonoco International Business Department at the Univ. of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business and a core faculty member of the Rule of Law Collaborative at the Univ. of South Carolina School of Law. Prior to joining the Moore School in 2016, Prof. Yenkey was an assistant professor of organizations and markets at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business from 2011-2016, where he was the John E. Jueck Faculty Fellow from 2015-2016 and held courtesy appointments in the departments of Sociology and African Studies. Chris appeared on Moore Impact Season 2 Episode 6 when we talked about government interference in markets and corruption in African nations. In this episode, Dr. Yenkey revisits some of the corruption symptoms but we start with neoliberalism and how the policies of Reagan and Thatcher shaped the globalism that blossomed in the 1990s and early 2000s. Some topics include: Global trade fueled by neoliberalism The Corrupt Foreign Practices Act The Blanche memo and how the Justice Department will now address the Corrupt Foreign Practices Act Challenges for businesses given the administration’s new stance Expectations in international markets Consequences of international businesses changing their behavior The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund China’s approach to international lending and how it has changed the global lending landscape. Learn more about Dr. Chris Yenkey here Learn more about the Darla Moore School here Photo Credit: Corporate Compliance Insights Moore Impact is a product of the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. For episodes, notes, and links visit sc.edu/moore
