The approach to anti-bribery management in organizations according to ISO 37001.

As previously mentioned, addressing the risk of bribery in an organization requires to set actions to help prevent and detect risks in different areas, circumstances or situations in which an organization operates. For this reason, ISO 37001 has become a powerful management tool for any kind of organization -or part thereof-, regardless of the type, size and nature of the activity it carries out, whether it is a for-profit or not for-profit company or operating in private or public sector.

To implement an anti-bribery management system based on the ISO 37001 standard, it should be kept in mind that, in the development of the organization’s activities, the scope of action in relation to bribery applies to both the public and private sectors, as well as to non-profit organizations. Bribery by the organization; when bribery is carried out by the organization’s staff acting on behalf of or for the benefit of the organization; bribery by the organization’s business partners acting on behalf of or for the benefit of the organization; when bribery is presented to the organization; bribery by the organization’s staff in relation to the organization’s activities; bribery by the organization’s business partners in relation to the organization’s activities; or when bribery occur from or to the organization by a third party.

This scope defines the framework for defining anti-bribery requirements according to the needs, expectations, and wishes of the organization and stakeholders, as well as the basis for the assessment of anti-bribery risk, which will then serve as input for implementing the anti-bribery management system in general.