Lei anticorrupção: aspectos comparativos entre o sistema brasileiro e o sistema britânico

Abstract

In recent years, society's perception of the phenomenon of corruption has been growing exponentially. The issue goes far beyond the "corrupt politicians", being something deeper, needing a more careful analysis. This article will analyze the concept, history of corruption and legislation corresponding to the topic. As it is known, the current Anti-Corruption Law has drastically changed the form of corruption control in Brazil, dealing with the civil liability of legal persons for the practices of acts of corruption against the Public Administration, being national or foreign. In other words, the law filled a gap in our legal system, which had no control that would objectively hold legal entities for practices of wrongdoing, such as bribery. It is necessary, then, to understand the context behind this change. A brief analysis will be made of the UK Bribery Act, the UK anti-corruption law, which is considered to be one of the most stringent in the world on the subject. Finally, a study will be carried out on the current Anti-Corruption Law, which was established with the objective of greater control in the fight against corruption, with an emphasis on the objective responsibility of the legal entity and the institution of the compliance programs and their effectiveness in the planning Brazilian law.