- Creating an effective bribery prevention awareness training programme is not optional, it’s a necessity. Government guidance to the UK Bribery Act stresses the need for appropriate bribery prevention measures, and this includes providing anti-bribery training to your employees.
- We offer a convenient and cost-effective way to train your staff through online training and staff reference booklets, providing secure records that enable you to demonstrate the steps your firm is taking to prevent bribery and corruption.
How Our Anti-Bribery Course Protects Your Firm
Make Your Staff Aware of the Risks
You need to clearly set out your firm’s position on bribery and corruption and give employees appropriate guidance on the right way to act in everyday work situations over things like business gifts, working lunches, and corporate hospitality. Our anti-bribery course clearly defines what constitutes bribery and corruption: anything that’s intended to reward someone for acting improperly in their employment is a bribe.
Keep a Record of Training Provided
If an employee commits a bribery offence in the course of their work, even inadvertently, your firm could be liable. The only defence is to show you have ‘proportionate procedures’ in place, which must include training. The UK Bribery Act training we provide ensures you meet this critical requirement. Failure to prevent bribery can result in heavy fines and prison sentences for senior managers and directors.
Our Anti Bribery and Corruption (ABC) Solutions
Online Anti-Bribery Training
Versions for the UK and for other jurisdictions – The online Bribery Prevention course is available in two versions: one tailored for the UK and one for other jurisdictions. Each version is comprised of an interactive course and a separate recorded test that enables you to train your workforce with minimum disruption, providing essential evidence of your bribery act training.
Bribery Prevention Booklets
A concise and compelling reference guide for staff. Bribery Prevention Booklets are a unique source of guidance on UK Bribery and Economic Crime legislation, with a checklist for staff to sign and date, confirming they’ve understood their personal obligations.
Available in packs of 20, they serve as a handy reference guide and a compelling reminder to staff of their personal responsibilities, reinforcing the core principles of the anti-bribery course.
Bribery Prevention at a Glance
What constitutes bribery?
Anything that’s intended to reward someone for acting improperly in their employment is a bribe.
What are the risks to your firm?
Failure to prevent bribery can result in heavy fines and prison sentences for senior managers and directors.
What can you do to prevent it?
The UK government recommends you put ‘proportionate procedures’ in place – that includes training your staff.
The UK Bribery Act 2010 (together with equivalent legislation in other jurisdictions) has very tough powers that apply to all organisations:
It is a criminal offence for someone to offer, give, request, or receive an inducement to act improperly in their employment. In addition, it’s an offence for a commercial organisation to fail to prevent someone committing bribery on its behalf. An organisation that is prosecuted can face very significant penalties.
The only defence for your firm is to have ‘proportionate procedures’ in place. UK Government guidelines to the Bribery Act state these must include giving appropriate anti-bribery training to your staff.
Compliance Training Products offers a choice of ways to make your employees aware of bribery risk, ensuring full Anti Bribery and Corruption (ABC) coverage.
Ready to Implement Your Bribery Act Training? Contact Us
Don’t leave your firm vulnerable to the serious consequences of bribery and corruption offences in the UK. If you require further details on our online anti-bribery training solutions, or if you have specific questions about implementing a verifiable Anti Bribery and Corruption (ABC) programme, our expert team is ready to assist.