Anti Bribery & Corruption Training - Online Course

Description

Our Anti-Bribery online training course ensures directors, managers and employees in your organisation are aware of, and understand, the UK Bribery Act 2010 and the importance of conducting business in a non-corrupt way. The course will make learners aware of their responsibilities with regard to the Act so that they can recognise the situations where bribery offences could be committed and avoid them. This will help protect you and your organisation from offending.

Bribery is the offering, promising, giving, accepting or soliciting of an advantage as an inducement for an action which is illegal, unethical or a breach of trust.

At the end of the course you will be able to explain:

The first topic explains what corruption and bribery are, and identifies the impact of bribery on individuals, businesses and society. This topic also identifies the levels of corruption around the world.

The second topic explains the purpose of the UK Bribery Act and describes the 6 principles on which the Act is based. This topic also explains what is considered to be an offence under the Bribery Act and introduces the penalties for individuals and organisations for committing a bribery offence.

The third topic outlines what organisations and individuals can do to avoid committing a bribery offence. In this topic you will learn how you can show that your organisation is bribery-free and how to be sure that companies you work with are bribery-free.

Topic 4 covers the offence of bribing. This topic explains how an offence of bribing is committed and the possible penalties for the offence.

Topic 5 covers the offence of accepting a bribe. You will learn about how an offence of accepting a bribe is committed and the possible punishments for the offence.

Topic 6 is about the offence of bribing a foreign public official. This topic explains who the Act considers to be foreign public officials, how the offence is committed and identifies the possible punishments for the offence. Also, you will learn about the situations where payments or payments in kind would not be considered to be bribes.

The final topic covers the offence of failure of a commercial organisation to prevent bribery. This topic explains how the offence can be committed, who can be prosecuted under the offence and introduces the penalties that can be handed out to companies and senior officers found guilty.