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”.

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

Learn more or download the complete Certification process including the estimated timeframe below:

ISO 37001 CERTIFICATION PROCESS

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.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT 3PRM™

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.

ISO 37001 TRAINING COURSES

TRANSFER ISO CERTIFICATION

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

Step 1: Contact us. We’ll discuss your current certification and transfer requirements. Provide us your current certificate and your latest audit report.

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 4: Once the transfer audit is successfully conducted and reviewed by our technical team, we’ll issue you a new ABAC™ certificate.

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Prove that your business is ethical

Complete our FREE Highest Ethical Business Assessment (HEBA) & evaluate your current Corporate Compliance Program. Find out if your organisation’s compliance program is in the line with worldwide Compliance, Business Ethics, Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Frameworks. Let ABAC™ experts prepare a complimentary gap analysis of your compliance program to evaluate if it meets “adequate procedures” requirements under the UK Bribery Act, DOJ’s Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs Guidance and Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.

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