Bribery Prevention Course

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

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

Any substantial gifts or hospitality could be seen as a bribe, including charitable donations. Even small favours that you think nothing of could be perceived as inducements.

Our Bribery Prevention Course will help your employees to understand what bribery is, the relevant anti-bribery laws and your systems and procedures for bribery prevention.

About this Course

Available as part of our Compliance Essentials Library and Global Compliance Library.

Learning Objectives

This course will prepare your employees to:

Define bribery and explain its consequences
Identify bribery risks and red flags
Comply with our Company's policies for gifts, corporate hospitality, travel expenses, donations, sponsorships and facilitation payments
Take steps to reduce bribery by associated persons (agents, contractors, third parties, etc) who work for us
Recognise how to seek advice and report concerns or suspicions of bribery

Latest Course Updates

Course redesigned with a more modern feel
Full review conducted by an anti-bribery expert
Text & image updates throughout the course
23 new news stories to illustrate key AML issues
10 updated activities & scenarios
Updated post-course assessment with 6 new questions

Course Outline

Introduction

- Introduction to bribery
- What is bribery?
- Key offences
- Penalties
- You decide: Violation or no violation?

Our Anti-Bribery Policy

- What this means in practice

Gifts, hospitality & expenses

- Crossing the line: Gifts, hospitality & expenses
- Crossing the line: Inappropriate gifts
- Best practice: Gifts, hospitality & expenses
- You decide: Should it be signed off?
- Scenario: The watch

Donations & sponsorships

- Crossing the line: Donations and sponsorships
- Best practice: Donations and sponsorships
- Scenario: The tender
- Scenario: The fundraiser

Associated persons

- You decide: Associated or not?
- Crossing the line: Associated persons
- Reducing the risks with associated persons
- Identifying red flags
- Working with associated persons
- Scenario: Conducting due diligence
- Scenario: The rumour

Foreign Public Officials

- Crossing the line: Foreign Public Officials
- Best practice: Dealing with FPOs
- You decide: Suspicious or not?

Facilitation payments

- Crossing the line: Facilitation payments
- Scenario: Stopped at a checkpoint
- Scenario: An inspector calls

Recruitment & placements

- Crossing the line: Recruitment & placements
- Scenario: A vacancy
- You decide: Perceptions of bribery

Record keeping

- Crossing the line: Record keeping
- Scenario: Copy & paste

Anti-bribery laws & regulations worldwide

- Crossing the line: Anti-bribery laws & regulations worldwide
- You decide: Understanding anti-bribery laws worldwide

Reporting bribery & concerns

- You decide: To report or not?
- Scenario: Pressured environment
- Scenario: The corporate box

Summary

Affirmation

Assessment

Course Specifications

Structure

Approximately 55-minute long e-learning course followed by a 10-question assessment.

Audience

Suitable for all staff - examples and interactivities designed for staff at all levels. No previous knowledge or experience is required.

Design

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

FastTrack Option

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.

Compatibility

All Windows, Mac OSX, iOS, Android (Flash-free for mobile compatibility). AICC and SCORM 1.2-compliant, suitable for both hosted and deployed SCORM or AICC.