Halliburton Co. said it’s conducting an internal probe of some of its operations in Angola pertaining to possible violations of U.S. bribery law.

The investigation, disclosed in a filing Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, began in December when the Houston-based company received an anonymous email alleging that “current and former personnel” possibly violated the company code of conduct and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act through an Angolan vendor. The email further alleges “conflicts of interest, self-dealing and the failure to act on alleged violations of our [code of conduct] and the FCPA,” the filing said.

Tara Mullee, a company spokeswoman, wrote in an email Sunday evening that the company views its code of conduct as a guide to “apply legal and ethical principles to our work.”

“Halliburton takes all [code of conduct] reports and allegations of code violations very seriously,” she wrote.

10:06 am  •  24 October 2011  •  36 notes