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Anti-Bribery Training Course

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

Bribery is the act of giving or offering money, or another benefit or inducement, to persuade someone to act in your favour to obtain an unlawful advantage.

It is a criminal offence and also a predicate offence that can lead to charges of money laundering. Both offences carry harsh penalties including imprisonment and unlimited fines.

Our Anti-bribery Training Course will help your employees to understand what bribery is, the consequences, the red flags, and what to do if they suspect corruption.

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About this Course

Available as part of our Compliance Essentials Library.

Learning Objectives

This course will prepare your employees to:

Define what bribery is
Explain the consequences of offering or accepting bribes
Describe the provisions of the UK Bribery Act 2010
Recognise common bribery red flags
Comply with your Company's policies for gifts, corporate hospitality, travel expenses and facilitation payments
Know when and how to seek advice and report concerns/suspicions of bribery

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Course Outline

Introduction

- Bribery is an enormous problem
- Bribery is detrimental to society
- Bribery is a crime
- We have zero tolerance for bribery

What can be a bribe?

- You make the call: Could it be a bribe?
- Offering non-cash favours
- Using intermediaries
- Strict liability
- Who could be liable?

UK Bribery Act 2010

- Penalties
- Bribery prosecutions

The corporate offence

- Is the company responsible for associated persons?
- You make the call: Associated persons

Bribery of foreign public officials

- Who is a foreign public official?
- You make the call: Foreign public officials
- Example: Pfizer

Associated persons: Due diligence

- Corporate legal responsibility
- Associated persons
- Example: Aon
- Checklist: Preventing bribery
- Red flags
- Bribe offered but not paid
- Bribe solicited by manager
- Example: Supermarket bribery case

Gifts and hospitality

- Hospitality
- Gifts and expenses
- Travel
- Scenario 1: An invitation
- Scenario 2: A business meeting
- Scenario 3: A conference

Donations and sponsorships

- Scenario 1: A tender
- Scenario 2: A fundraising event

Facilitation payments

- When can a facilitation payment be justified?

Getting advice and raising concerns

- Reporting
- Scenario 1: A manager asks for a discount
- Scenario 2: A lunch invitation
- Scenario 3: Dealing with agents
- Scenario 4: Charitable projects

US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)

- FCPA and UK Bribery Act compared
- FCPA penalties

Summary

Affirmation

Assessment

Is the company responsible for associated persons

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Course Specifications

Duration

Approximately 40 minutes.

Audience

Suitable for all staff - examples and interactivities designed for staff at all levels.

Prerequisites

No previous knowledge or experience required.

Design

SHARD-compliant, responsive display on all devices, accessibility on screen readers, visual design controlled via client style sheet.

Assessment

Ten-question assessment.

Test-Out

Ability to offer optional test-out, whereby users can choose to skip the course content and complete the learning assignment simply by passing the assessment Deployment AICC and SCORM 1.2-compliant, suitable for both hosted and deployed SCORM or AICC.

Deployment

AICC and SCORM 1.2-compliant, suitable for both hosted and deployed SCORM or AICC.

Compatibility

All Windows, Mac OSX, iOS, Android (Flash-free for mobile compatibility).

Tailoring

Fully customisable on Skillcast Portal CMS.

Translation

Pre-translated versions not available, but all text content can be exported for translation into all languages.

Localisation

Based on UK legislation, but suitable for global audiences upon the removal of UK-specific references and translation as necessary.