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ISO 37001

Anti-Bribery Management Systems - Certification

Stop bribery and corruption with ISO 37001 Anti-Bribery Management System (ABMS) certification

ISO 37001 Anti-bribery Management Systems (ABMS): corruption and bribery affect any organisation, large or small, public, or not-for-profit. It has the potential to cause severe harm to your business, including financial loss, dire legal consequences, damage to your brand, company’s reputation and sustainable development. Therefore, anti-bribery needs to be managed correctly and effectively.

ISO has developed a standard – ISO 37001:2016 ABMS – to help organisations promote an ethical business culture. “Designed to help your organisation implement an anti-bribery management system (ABMS), and/or enhance the controls you currently have. It helps to reduce the risk of bribery [and corruption] occurring and can demonstrate to your stakeholders that you have put in place internationally recognised good-practice anti-bribery [and anti-corruption] controls”.

 
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THE SOLUTION - ISO 37001 ANTI-BRIBERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

This new standard mirrors numerous steps contained in the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (DOJ and SEC) and Good Practice Guidance on Internal Controls, Ethics and Compliance (OECD), Anti-Corruption Ethics and Compliance Handbook for Business (OECD), UK Bribery Act 2010 and the British Ministry of Justice’s Adequate Procedures document. ISO 37001 ABMS Standard is flexible and can be adapted to manage many types of bribery in addition to suiting any type of business locally or worldwide. ISO 37001 certifies that your organisation has implemented reasonable and proportionate measures to prevent bribery. These measures involve top-level leadership, training, bribery risk assessment, due diligence adequacy, financial and commercial controls, reporting, audit, and investigation.

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ISO 37001 ANTI-BRIBERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS CERTIFICATION PROCESS

The certification audit is comprised of 10 key steps:

  1. Audit Confirmation
  2. Pre-Assessment Audit
  3. Stage 1 Audit – Review of Policies, Procedures, Documents; Interviews
  4. Stage 2 Audit – Implementation Audit; Site Visits; Evidence Evaluation
  5. Follow-up Audit – For Non-Conformities; Corrective Action Plan
  6. Recommendation for Certification
  7. Certification Decision
  8. Awarding Certificate
  9. Continual Improvement and Surveillance
  10. Re-Certification Audit

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ADDRESS BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION IN ALL ITS FORMS

  • Public, private and not-for-profit sectors
  • By the organisation itself
  • By the organisation’s personnel acting on the organisation’s behalf or for its benefit
  • By the organisation’s business associates acting on the organisation’s behalf or for the benefit of the organisation
  • Of the organisation’s personnel in relation to the organisation’s activities
  • Of the organisation’s business associates in relation to the organisation’s activities
  • Direct and indirect bribery (e.g., a bribe offered or accepted through or by a third party)

DEMONSTRATE YOUR COMMITMENT

The first step of demonstrating your organisation’s commitment to implementing an effective ISO 37001 ABMS is to commit to ISO 37001 training and/or certification. ABAC® is an independent accredited certification body that operates through its global networks of certified ethics and compliance professionals, qualified auditors, financial and corporate investigators, certified fraud examiners, forensic analysts and accountants with diversified backgrounds. Providing a robust anti-bribery and anti-corruption program increases your company’s protection from unethical behaviour. An ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure.

WHY DO YOU NEED OUR ABAC® PROGRAM?

  • The ABAC™ offers a complete suite of services and solutions designed to help organisations against bribery and corruption even when operating in multi-jurisdiction and multi-cultural environments. Corruption is everybody’s problem, and it cannot be prevented and detected if your employees aren’t provided with the information and training they need to combat it.

    ABAC™ offers Introductory, Internal Auditor and Lead Auditor training (online and in-class training) to all personnel who are involved in the development, implementation and evaluation of their organisation’s ABMS and in coordinating anti-bribery compliance activities within the organisation. Whilst our Certification is a mitigating piece of evidence to regulators, prosecutors, or even courts that your company has taken meaningful steps in its efforts to prevent bribery and corruption.

    ABAC™ program helps ensure that your business has implemented a management system that prevents, detects and responds to bribery and complies with anti-bribery laws, internally and externally (i.e. agents, consultants, suppliers, distributors and other third-parties). ABAC™ works with clients of all industries, sizes and organisation types to develop robust programs using the latest techniques and best practices that help foster an ethical business culture.

    • Extensive and Effective Global Coverage
    • Our vast network of Certified Fraud Examiners, Compliance Officers and Research Consultants possess diverse industry backgrounds and are strategically positioned across five continents. Our multi-national corporate intelligence and forensics network is based in Dubai and operates in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, North Africa and outlier territories where reliable information is difficult to obtain.
    • Our professionals are acutely trained in international business compliance, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), UK Bribery Act, OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, Money Laundering Regulations and their associated developments. Business intelligence is gathered from regulators, industry observers, suppliers, competitors, distributors and even current/former customers.

    ABAC™ program can be tailored in accordance with your organisation’s requirements. Take this test and find out what are your needs.

ISO 37001 IS AN INVALUABLE ADDITION TO YOUR THIRD-PARTY RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

  • Consider ISO 37001:2016 ABMS as one of the invaluable tools of your Third-Party Risk Management Strategy. Combined with due diligence, background screening, business intelligence and compliance solutions, ISO 37001 certification and training can lift your risk management process and help your business mitigate risks from third-party affiliations, protecting your organisation from liability, brand damage and harm to the business.

    Provided with CRI Group, a global leader in risk management, due diligence, and background screening solutions, the 3PRM™ program is flexible and responsive to the various risk domains that are most important to your business. With a network of trained professionals positioned across five continents, CRI Group’s 3PRM™ services utilise one of the largest multi-national fraud investigation teams the industry has to offer.

ISO 37001 ANTI-BRIBERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TRAINING

  • At ABAC™, we understand how important ISO 37001 training is for your career and your company. A company’s own employees are its best protection against corruption. Statistics show that most corruption is detected internally. Give your employees the tools they need to prevent bribery and mitigate related risks.

    Achieving ISO 37001 training is a proactive way of demonstrating your organisation’s commitment to ethical sustainability. Your employees will be able to recognise any form of corruption and report it. Interested in other ISO 37001 Anti-Bribery Management System courses? Visit ISO 37001 training page for more details.

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TRANSFER ISO CERTIFICATION

It’s simple to transfer your certification to ABAC™:

Step 1

Contact us ABAC™ programs can be tailored in accordance with your organisation’s requirements. Get in touch with us to discuss your needs or get a free quote below.

Step 2
Once the transfer criteria have been met, a transfer quotation shall be produced.
Step 3
Once the quotation is accepted a Transfer Audit will take place either remotely or onsite.
Step 1
Once the transfer audit is successfully conducted and reviewed by our technical team, we’ll issue you a new ABAC® certificate.

EXPAND YOUR THIRD-PARTY RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES

At ABAC®, we understand how important anti-bribery, anti-corruption, risk and compliance training is for your career and your company. A company’s own employees are its best protection against the fraud risks. Statistics show that most corruption is detected internally. Give your employees the tools they need to prevent bribery and mitigate related risks. Achieving ISO 37001 or ISO 31000 training is a proactive way of demonstrating your organisation’s commitment to ethical sustainability and global risk management. Your employees will be able to recognise the forms of risks, bribery and corruption, and report it.
Learn more about our anti-bribery, anti-corruption and risk management training offerings below.
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ISO Certifications we offer…

At ABAC™ we can provide you with training and certification for ISO 37301 Compliance Management System, ISO 37002 Whistleblowing Management System, ISO 31000 Risk Management, ISO 37001 Anti-Bribery Management Systems (ABMS) and the new ISO 37000 Governance of Organisations. ABAC™ works with clients of all industries, sizes and organisation types to develop robust programs using the latest techniques and best practices that help foster an ethical business culture.
ISO 37001:2016 ANTI-BRIBERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

ISO has developed a standard – ISO 37001:2016 ABMS – to help organisations promote an ethical business culture. “Designed to help your organisation implement an anti-bribery management system (ABMS), and/or enhance the controls you currently have. It helps to reduce the risk of bribery [and corruption] occurring and can demonstrate to your stakeholders that you have put in place internationally recognised good-practice anti-bribery [and anti-corruption] controls”.

This new standard mirrors numerous steps contained in the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (DOJ and SEC) and Good Practice Guidance on Internal Controls, Ethics and Compliance (OECD), Anti-Corruption Ethics and Compliance Handbook for Business (OECD), UK Bribery Act 2010 and the British Ministry of Justice’s Adequate Procedures document. ISO 37001 ABMS Standard is flexible and can be adapted to manage many types of bribery in addition to suiting any type of business locally or worldwide.

ISO 37001 certifies that your organisation has implemented reasonable and proportionate measures to prevent bribery. These measures involve top-level leadership, training, bribery risk assessment, due diligence adequacy, financial and commercial controls, reporting, audit, and investigation. Make a step to protect your organisation from bribery and corruption risks – apply for the ISO 37001 certification today.

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ISO has developed a new standard – ISO 37002. This all-new whistleblowing management system standard seeks to address and provide guidance on effective, internal whistleblowing management in organisations of all sizes. While many countries and individual organisations have standards of their own, ISO 37002 provides a unified standard of effectiveness and efficacy of these systems.

The scope of the ISO 37002 standard is on handling reports. It asks a series of questions including:

  • What does a good system look like?
  • How do you design it?
  • What do you need to do or need to know?
  • What are the key characteristics?
  • It also asks how you support that kind of system: What do people at the board level need to do? What does the executive team need to do/know? What are the key characteristics?

Make a step to protect your organisation from bribery and corruption risks – apply for the ISO 37002 certification today.

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ISO 37301 sets out the expectations and responsibilities for those in the governing body (i.e. board of directors) and top management (i.e. C-suite roles) of an organisation. The standard makes it clear that both groups bear the primary responsibility for compliance management.

Good corporate governance begins at the top, with a strong leadership desire to demonstrate a commitment to compliance by providing resources, management and oversight of the compliance management system. It requires providing a clear and documented compliance policy that states their commitment to compliance and to continual improvement. In addition to senior management groups, guidance is provided as to the roles of middle- and lower-level management in supporting compliance in their general day-to-day activities – all employees are required to play their part.

The challenge comes in interpreting and complying with the many various laws, standards, codes and rules which companies face at a local, regional, and national level. Because of these challenges, you must develop a robust internal system to safeguard your organisation. The guidelines set forth in the internationally accepted ISO 37301:2021 Compliance Management Systems represent the first step in developing a framework that protects the organisation from falling victim.

The first step in demonstrating your and/or your organisation’s commitment to implementing an effective compliance management system is to commit to ISO 37301 certification. At ABAC®, our program is designed to assist in developing processes and systems that help your organisation to effectively manage compliance risks and foster a system-wide culture of business integrity.

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ISO 31000:2018 Risk Management provides principles, framework and a process for managing risk. Public, private and community enterprises can all benefit from ISO 31000:2018 because it covers most business activities, including research, planning, management and communications. Implementing ISO 31000:2018 can help organisations increase the likelihood of achieving objectives, improve the identification of opportunities and threats and effectively allocate and use resources for risk treatment.

All types and sizes of organisations face internal and external factors that directly impact whether an organisation can achieve their objectives or not. ISO 31000 serves as a guide for the design, implementation and maintenance of risk management, ISO 31000:2018 describes a systematic and logical process, during which organisations manage risk by identifying it, analysing it, and then make a determination as to mitigating the risk treatment in a way that is consistent with their risk appetite. An organisation can implement risk management across the entire company, and it can do so at any time. It can also tailor these controls to specific areas and activities in the business.

The integration of the ISO 31000 framework within an organisation ensures the consistency and the effectiveness of management across all its areas such as IT, HR, compliance, quality, health and safety, business continuity, etc.

Prove yours and/or your organisation’s commitment to implementing effective risk management with ISO 31000:2018.

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ISO 37000 – the first-ever international benchmark for good Governance. ISO 37000:2021 Governance of organisations — Guidance provides organisations and their governing bodies the tools they need to govern well, enabling them to perform effectively while behaving ethically and responsibly. ISO 37000:2021 makes it possible to meet your business and financial goals and still behave ethically and responsibly.

 
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