Wal-mart’s Mexico Bribery Case Ripples Outward

By ANDREW MARTIN, NY Times: Business
Tue, 04/24/2012 - 8:08pm

Wal-Mart said it had beefed up its internal controls to comply with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and had created a top-level compliance official.

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