Ethics, Anti-Bribery and Conflicts of Interest

By the end

What you'll build

• Recognise improper advantage in forms that do not look like an obvious bribe
• Apply a gift and hospitality test to real situations, including refusing without damaging a relationship
• Identify and declare a conflict of interest before you are asked about it
• Describe the risks created by intermediaries, agents and third parties, and what due diligence exists for
• Keep accurate records of expenses, approvals and decisions
• Raise a concern through the available channels and know what protection from retaliation means

Curriculum

What's inside

7 modules · 35 lessons

1. 01

   Why conduct rules exist

   5 lessons
   • The everyday decisions where ethics actually shows up
   • Values, policy and law are three different things
   • Consequences for the organisation and for the individual
   • Who to ask when a rule is unclear
   • Which is whichmatch pairs
2. 02

   Bribery and improper advantage

   5 lessons
   • Recognising a bribe when it does not look like a bribe
   • Small facilitation payments and why they are treated as high risk
   • Bribery through agents, intermediaries and joint ventures
   • Dealing with public officials and the heightened expectations that follow
   • Say what it actually isfill blank
3. 03

   Gifts, hospitality and sponsorship

   5 lessons
   • Applying the gift and hospitality test to real situations
   • Why timing near a tender or decision changes everything
   • Recording, declaring and internal thresholds
   • Refusing politely and preserving the relationship
   • The courier arrives mid-tendersequence order
4. 04

   Conflicts of interest

   5 lessons
   • Declaring a conflict before anyone has to ask you about it
   • Personal relationships in hiring and procurement
   • Outside employment, directorships and shareholdings
   • Managing a conflict rather than simply disclosing it
   • The name you recognisescenario
5. 05

   Records, fraud and third-party risk

   5 lessons
   • Accurate records as the first line of defence
   • Expenses, invoices and approval limits
   • Warning signs that belong with the specialists, not with you
   • Supplier onboarding and third-party due diligence in plain terms
   • Records, limits and handing overmatch pairs
6. 06

   Speaking up

   5 lessons
   • Raising a concern and what should happen next
   • The channels available to you, including anonymous ones
   • Protection from retaliation and what it covers
   • What to do if nothing appears to happen
   • Speaking up: get the wording rightfill blank
7. 07

   Practice and check

   5 lessons
   • Words that get used looselymatch pairs
   • An offer arrives during a live tendersequence order
   • Getting the definitions exactfill blank
   • The invitation and the panelscenario
   • Course quizquiz

The shape of it

How this course works