2004年4月6日,美国电信设备制造巨头朗讯公司宣布解雇其中国首席执行官、首席营运官、一名财务主管以及一名市场部经理,从而爆出了“贿赂门”事件。2005年3月16日,在没有任何预兆的情况下,中国建设银行股份有限公司董事长张恩照申请辞职,以及其后发生的天津德普事件。这一系列震惊国内外的商业贿赂事件把美国的反海外贿赂法引入了国人的视野。反海外贿赂法诞生于1977年,它是美国“水门事件”对非法政治捐献和洗钱活动进行调查的产物。在这个调查中,发现了不少美国公司为了获取有利于自己的待遇,曾经对某些外国政府特别是第三世界国家的官员大量行贿。该调查在美国引起了轰动效应,随后即出台了美国反海外贿赂法。在该法引起国人的关注之前,其已在世界范围引起了广 April 6, 2004, US telecommunications equipment maker Lucent announced the dismissal of its China chief executive officer, chief operating officer, a treasurer and a marketing manager, resulting in a “bribe”. On March 16, 2005, Zhang Enzhao, chairman of China Construction Bank Corporation, applied for resignations and the Tianjin Depp incident that took place without any warning. This series of commercial bribery shocks both at home and abroad brought the U.S. anti-overseas bribery law into the minds of people. The Anti-Overseas Bribery Act was born in 1977 as a product of the U.S. “Watergate Incident” investigation of illegal political contributions and money-laundering. In this survey, many U.S. companies were found to have paid bribes to officials of certain foreign governments, especially third world countries, in order to obtain favorable treatment for themselves. The survey caused a sensation in the United States, followed by the introduction of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Before the law caught the attention of the people, it had caused widespread concern worldwide