Seven Practical Suggestions for Anti-Bribery Compliance
As organizations continue to build their internal strategies and consider the adjustments necessary to bring their anti-bribery programs into compliance with both the FCPA and the July 1, 2011 enforcement of the UK Bribery Act, Jim Slavin, CCEP, JD offers practical guidance about compliance.
Read this whitepaper to gain insights into:
- establishing and executing a measured, practical and achievable step by step plan
- what to consider in risk evaluation, program gap analysis, program management and monitoring
- developing documentation and process to satisfy future regulatory scrutiny
- aligning internal resources, processes and controls to achieve accountability and program success
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Building an Effective Practical Anti-Bribery Anti-Corruption Plan
SAI Global has developed a planning tool to help evidence your existing anti-bribery anti-corruption program and to demonstrate that your mid-term goals and timetable work towards compliance and show good faith. Detailing program development best-practices, this tool covers the many facets of successful planning including: standards and procedures development; education and training; monitoring and auditing; reporting; and response and prevention.
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Implementing a Holistic Approach to Anti-Bribery
Jim Slavin, JD, CCEP, Senior Director, Advisory Services, SAI Global Compliance, discusses the strategies that Chief Ethics and Compliance Officers need to consider to be in compliance with the UK 2010 Bribery Act. The article identifies challenges that organizations of all sizes and complexity might face and ways to improve success.
Topics covered include:
- the need to involve multiple business units and departments in planning
- why the specific requirements involved in each of the 6 principles should be identified
- the necessity to create a plan with clear timetables and accountability.
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The UK Bribery Act: The Challenges and Practicalities of Implementing a Zero Tolerance Stance on Facilitation Payments
The challenges and practicalities of implementing a zero tolerance stance to facilitation payments
Whitepaper synopsis: This whitepaper is written in collaboration with Sam Eastwood of Norton Rose LLP, Robert Barrington of Transparency International and Pedro Montoya of EADS and discusses the challenges and practicalities of implementing a zero tolerance stance to facilitation payments. Providing practical guidance on how your organisation can effectively implement a zero tolerance facilitation payments policy.
Read this whitepaper to gain insights into:
- facilitation payments - the legal background
- facilitation payments - why they matter
- the impact and practicalities of a zero tolerance policy
- practical steps that can be taken to implement a zero tolerance policy
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Managing Conflicts of Interest: The Basics
Managing Conflicts of Interest: The Basics
Whitepaper synopsis: In this whitepaper Meghan Daniels, Esq., Senior Director, Advisory Services, SAI Global, provides compliance officers with a 5-step comprehensive, realistic approach to conflicts of interest management. This approach goes beyond compliance with mandatory reporting requirements and takes conflicts of interest policy management to the next level - meeting the challenge of ensuring that the company’s ethical standards are communicated to employees and that any potential or actual violations are disclosed to and reviewed by appropriate staff.
Read this whitepaper to gain insights into:
- understanding the five steps to designing a thorough and effective, yet practical, conflicts of interest policy
- training all levels of staff and management
- deploying disclosure questionnaires to increase transparency
- reports that engages senior management and the Board
- improving business ethics over the long term
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A Comparison of the UK Bribery Act and the FCPA - Part 1
UK Bribery Act 2010 Overview and FCPA Comparison - Part 1 - Whitepaper SAI Global
Whitepaper Synopsis: Part 1 of this whitepaper lays the foundation and base knowledge for an appreciation of the differences between the landmark UK Bribery Act and the FCPA. Increas your understanding of the terms and best practices you'll need to consider when building a program.
Read this whitepaper to gain a better understanding of how the UK Bribery Act differs from the well-known FCPA:
- how the new codified framework will determine bribery prosecutions
- how 'a close connection' to the UK is defined
- the implications of facilitating payments
- why 'adequate procedures' will be a critical element of your program
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