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To Pay or Not To Pay?

Small facilitation payments made to officials for expediting a permit or approval might seem harmless, but they are illegal and could land your employees in prison. This module explains how to stay vigilant and resist facilitation payments while also defining the exceptional conditions in which payments can be made. 
objectives

What you’ll learn in
this course

  • Understand how to spot facilitation payments
  • Be able to resist demands for such payments
  • Recognise when it is acceptable to make such payments

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The importance of anti-bribery compliance

Bribery can trigger unlimited fines, jail time, and lasting reputational harm. With an estimated £100 billion laundered through UK systems every year, our training helps staff spot high-risk scenarios and stay on the right side of the law.
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Anti-Bribery Training

In-depth 30 Minutes Bribery Prevention For all staff

Despite a worldwide effort to eradicate bribery, it is still prevalent in many countries and presents a real risk for businesses.

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Bribery Prevention

Refresher 15 Minutes Bribery Prevention For all staff

Despite a worldwide effort to eradicate bribery, it is still prevalent in many countries and presents a real risk for businesses.

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Bribery Prevention

In-depth 30 Minutes Bribery Prevention For all staff

Despite a worldwide effort to eradicate bribery, it is still prevalent in many countries and presents a real risk for businesses.

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Gifts and Hospitality

Express 15 Minutes Bribery Prevention For all staff

Gifts and hospitality are an important part of business, and companies worldwide employ this.

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Understanding Bribery

Microlearning 5 Minutes Bribery Prevention For all staff

Bribery is not always obvious and can take many subtle forms, from lavish gifts to preferential treatment.

Gifts and Hospitality

Microlearning 5 Minutes Bribery Prevention For all staff

Gifts and hospitality can create a risk of actual or perceived bribery if not handled correctly.

Foreign Agent Bribery Risk

Microlearning 5 Minutes Bribery Prevention For all staff

Operational risk in financial services arises from internal process failures, people, systems or external events.

Understanding Facilitation Payments

Microlearning 5 Minutes Bribery Prevention For all staff

Facilitation payments are small, unofficial payments made to speed up routine services, but they are considered bribes under anti-bribery and corruption laws.

Bribery Offences and Penalties

Microlearning 5 Minutes Bribery Prevention For all staff

Bribery is a serious offence that carries severe consequences for individuals and companies.

Corrupt Hiring Practices

Microlearning 5 Minutes Bribery Prevention For all staff

Bribery risks in hiring arise when jobs or internships are offered in exchange for business favours or political influence.

Corrupt Hiring Practices

Express 10 Minutes Bribery Prevention For all staff

Diligence in hiring new employees is no longer limited to education, experience and references.

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To Pay or Not To Pay?

Express 10 Minutes Bribery Prevention For all staff

Small facilitation payments made to officials for expediting a permit or approval might seem harmless, but they are illegal and could land your employees in prison.

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Bribery Prevention

In-depth 30 Minutes Bribery Prevention For all staff

Bribery laws are tightening up, creating a greater need than ever for compliance procedures relating to gifts, hospitality, expenses, donations, recruitment, client acquisition and partnerships.

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Boost staff engagement by putting support and just-in-time learning front and centre. Aida delivers instant, reliable answers to compliance questions and recommends policies or training directly within your daily workflow, including MS Teams and soon Copilot. This reduces repetitive queries for your compliance team and helps identify knowledge gaps and risks.

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Bribery Prevention

Common FAQs

How can I monitor and manage anti-bribery compliance in my organisation?

Implementing a gifts and hospitality register enables you to monitor and manage anti-bribery compliance effectively. Employees can log gifts, entertainment, and hospitality, providing a transparent overview of potential risks.

How can I effectively distribute my anti-bribery policy to employees?

Our Policy Hub allows you to upload and distribute your anti-bribery policy seamlessly to all employees. This centralised platform simplifies policy distribution and includes an attestation feature, ensuring employees acknowledge and commit to complying with the policy.

Are Skillcast courses SCORM-compliant?

Yes. This means they can be delivered via the Skillcast Portal or any other SCORM-compliant Learning Management System.

What other tools are needed beyond training?

A comprehensive compliance solution often needs more than just training. Alongside e-learning, tools such as declarations, surveys and registers that track compliance tasks are usually essential. Skillcast provides full support to help you set up these additional tools.

Is our training content still compliant with the latest legislation?

  • You can check the latest course content updates in our library updates page: https://www.skillcast.com/compliance-course-library-updates
  • For major legislative changes, we:
    • Send you email alerts to ensure you are notified
    • Offer you a free trial of newly created or updated content
    • Host webinars with compliance experts to explain the changes and how our training supports your ongoing compliance

Can you translate our content into other languages?

Yes, we offer translations in a wide range of languages. Let us know your needs, and we’ll confirm availability or work with you to plan translations for your selected modules.

What file types are supported by the Skillcast system?

Features

Supported file types and details

File Exchange

File types: PDF, Excel spreadsheets, Word documents, SCORM and xAPI files, and compressed zip files. Max file size: Default is 1GB, can be increased to a max of 2GB

SCORM files

Versions: SCORM 1.2, SCORM 1.2 for Moodle, SCORM 2004 2nd, 3rd and 4th Edition. Max file size: 1024MB

xAPI file

Max file size: 2GB

Videos

File types: MP4 or MOV. Videos must be optimised, with a max file size of 100MB. If the file is bigger, our Design Team can help

Images

File types: jpg, png and gif. The file size should ideally be 100KB, but it can be up to 250KB

CPD evidence

File types: Word, PDF, Excel and CSV. File size: the limit should be whatever the portal config option is set to. Servers are set to max 2GB

Policy documents

PDF or Word File size: the limit should be whatever the portal config option is set to. Servers are set to max 2GB

Offline activities evidence

File types: PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, CSV, PNG, GIF, JPEG, JPG, PPTX and MSG. File size: the limit should be whatever the portal config option is set to. Servers are set to max 2GB

Client logo files

File types provided by client: EPS, PDF, AI and SVG

Registers

PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, CSV, PPT, PPTX, POT, PPA, PPS, JPG, JPEG, PJEPG, PNG, BMP, GIF, MP4, MOV, WMV, CPTX, CP, TXT, ZIP and MSG files

Declarations

JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, XLS and XLSX files

 

What is Aida and how does it ensure reliable answers?

 Aida is an AI tutor embedded in courses that allows learners to ask questions at any point during learning. It draws exclusively on content that has been vetted and curated by your organisation, including course materials, internal policies, approved web resources, and regulator sites. This curated approach ensures answers reflect accurate, organisation‑specific guidance. 

Can administrators see what questions are asked and how Aida responds?

Yes. Reporting includes both the questions asked and Aida’s responses. For meaningful insight, questions are also categorised by topic (e.g., records management, gifts and hospitality) to reveal trends. All reporting is anonymised by default to encourage open, non‑threatening inquiry. To protect assessment integrity, Aida is disabled during assessments and is only available during the learning components of a course.