Compliance as a tool for combating corruption: a comparative law study on anti-bribery legal instruments

The paper aims to conduct a comparative law study on compliance and anti-bribery legal instruments. In Brazil, the debate on the topic derived especially from local protests combating corruption, culminating in the enactment of the Brazilian Anti-Brybery Law, regulated in details by Decree No. 8.420/15. Both legislation will be important to face corruption scandals in the country, especially in the context of COVID-19. Based on these facts, this paper intends to discuss the matter and offer some conclusions on the topic. The adopted method is the deductive and it is a bibliographic-documental research.