Anti-Bribery Training Course

• Educational Background: No prior knowledge of anti-bribery laws is required. A basic understanding of workplace ethics and compliance is beneficial.

• Language Proficiency: Learners should have a good command of English, as all materials, assessments, and discussions are conducted in English.

• Interest in Compliance and Ethics: This course is ideal for those aiming to strengthen their organisation’s anti-bribery practices and compliance culture.

• Understand Anti-Bribery Principles: Gain a thorough understanding of the importance of anti-bribery compliance and its impact on organisations.

• Recognise Bribery Risks: Learn to identify red flags, such as unusual payments, conflicts of interest, and facilitation payments.

• Learn Legal Frameworks: Understand key laws and standards, including the UK Bribery Act, FCPA, and international anti-bribery conventions.

• Implement Risk Management Strategies: Develop skills to assess and mitigate bribery risks within your organisation.

• Maintain Anti-Bribery Policies: Gain knowledge of designing and implementing effective anti-bribery policies and procedures.

• Foster a Culture of Integrity: Build the ability to promote compliance and ethical behaviour in the workplace.

The Anti-Bribery Training Course is suitable for a wide range of learners, including:

• Compliance Officers

• Managers and Team Leaders

• HR Professionals

• Legal Advisors

• Risk Management Specialists

• Employees at all levels

Module 1: Anti-Bribery Compliance Model

• Meaning and Purposes of an Anti-Bribery Compliance Model

• International Criminal-Policy Responses Against Corruption

• Current Picture

• ABC Model as Normative Hybridisation

• Drafting the ABC Model: Coordinated Self-Regulation

• Implementing the ABC Model

• Enforcing the ABC Model
   

Module 2: Private Sector Role in the Fight Against Corruption

• Internal Anti-Bribery Compliance Programmes

• Requirements for Anti-Bribery Compliance Models

  • Red Flags

  • Internal Anti-Bribery Unit

• Growing Importance of Best Practice and International Comparison

• Collective Action

• Cooperation with the Authorities
   

Module 3: Public-Private Partnerships and Agency Problems: Use of Incentives in Strategies to Combat Corruption

• Public-Private Partnerships and the Delegation of Corruption Prevention Tasks

• Instrumental Motivations and Relational Incentives

• Efficacy of Compliance Programmes in Crime Prevention and the Reasons Why Organisations Choose Cooperation

• Source, Form, and Purpose of the Incentives

• Incentives to the Entity

  • Compliance Incentives and the Entity's Residual Liability Risk

  • Self-Reporting Incentives: The Individual and the Organisation

  • Disincentives to Compliance and Reporting: Problem of International Jeopardy Double

• Incentives to Individuals in the Organisation
   

Module 4: Internal Investigations, Whistleblowing, and Cooperation

• Criminal Process as a Struggle for Information

• Whistle-Blowing Channels and Internal Amnesty Programmes

• Ombudsman and Self-Auditing Privileges

• Internal Investigations and the Criminal Process

• Internal Investigation and the Corporation's Right of Defence

• Internal Investigations and the Employees' Right to Defence

  • Right Not to Incriminate Oneself and Internal Investigations

  • Privacy of Communications and Internal Investigations
     

Module 5: Collective Action and Corruption

• Methods and Challenges

  • Initiating Collective Action         

  • Major Challenges