ISO 37001 - Anti-bribery management system
A structured approach to build trust and transparency, managing risks and safeguarding your company’s reputation.
ISO 37001 provides requirements and guidance for any organization to establish, implement, review and improve an anti-bribery management system. Managing risks related to bribery and other forms of corruption is vital to succeed commercially. ISO 37001 certification can assure stakeholders that effective anti-bribery measures are in place, maintained and continually improved.
What is ISO 37001
ISO 37001:2016 is applicable only to bribery. It sets forth management system requirements designed to help you prevent, detect and respond to bribery as well as comply with anti-bribery laws and voluntary commitments applicable to the organization’s activities.
Other aspects, such as fraud or money laundering can be included in the management system scope in accordance in accordance with relevant legislation and best-practices. ISO 37001 covers bribery:
- by the organization, its personnel or business associates acting on the organization’s behalf or for its benefit;
- of the organization, its personnel or business associates in relation to the organization’s activities.
A compliant management system must implement measures and controls to help prevent, detect, and deal with bribery. These should cover:
- anti-bribery policy;
- management leadership, commitment and responsibility;
- personnel controls and training;
- risk assessments;
- due diligence on projects and business associates;
- financial, commercial and contractual controls;
- reporting, monitoring, investigation and review;
- corrective action and continual improvement.
Benefits of certification
Certification to ISO 37001 supports your anti-bribery management system efforts by verifying that the:
- standard’s requirements are addressed;
- necessary controls are in place within your own organization and across your entire value chain;
- company has adequate and proportionate procedures in place to actively prevent bribery;
- management system supports compliance with applicable anti-bribery legislation.
While certification to ISO 37001 cannot guarantee that bribery will not occur, it verifies that you have an structured management system in place to prevent such situations.
Getting started
To become certified, you first have to an anti-bribery management system compliant with ISO 37001. DNV is an accredited certification body for ISO 37001 and ready to support your journey, from initial training to gap-analysis and certification.
