Sorghum, Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench, is known under a variety of names: great millet and guinea corn in West Africa, kafir corn in South Africa, dura in Sudan, mtama in eastern Africa, jowar in India and kaoliang in China (Purseglove, 1972).
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 is a United States federal law known primarily for two of its main provisions, one that addresses accounting transparency requirements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and another concerning bribery of foreign officials. The act was amended in 1988 and in 1998. As of 2012 there were continued congressional concerns. An ongoing debate asks whether FCPA enforcement discourages US companies from investing abroad.
The Act makes two fundamental changes that will particularly affect UK companies with international businesses: 1  The Act will apply UK standards on what does and does not constitute bribery to any business activity in any part of the world.he breadth of the Act is not limited to its extra-territorial reach. Unlike the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (which limits its application to bribery of public officials), the Act covers all commercial activity, whether with public officials or with commercial organisations.