ISO 37001
is an anti-bribery management system (ABMS) standard for organizations. It
specifies various anti-bribery policies and procedures which an organization
should implement to assist it prevent bribery, and identify and deal with any
bribery which does occur. It is published by the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO), which is an independent, non-governmental international
organization which develops and publishes International Standards. It is based
in Geneva, and is made up of the national standards bodies from 162 member
countries. ISO 37001:2016
specifies requirements and provides guidance for establishing, implementing,
maintaining, reviewing and improving an anti-bribery management system. The
system can be stand-alone or can be integrated into an overall management
system. ISO 37001:2016 addresses the following in relation to the
organization's activities:
-Bribery
in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors;
-Bribery
by the organization;
-Bribery
by the organization's personnel acting on the organization's behalf or for its
benefit;
-Bribery
by the organization's business associates acting on the organization's behalf
or for its benefit;
- Bribery
of the organization;
-Bribery
of the organization's personnel in relation to the organization's activities;
-Bribery
of the organization's business associates in relation to the organization's
activities;
-Direct
and indirect bribery (e.g. a bribe offered or accepted through or by a third
party).
ISO
37001:2016 is applicable only to bribery. It sets out requirements and provides
guidance for a management system designed to help an organization to prevent,
detect and respond to bribery and comply with anti-bribery laws and voluntary
commitments applicable to its activities. ISO 37001:2016 does not specifically
address fraud, cartels and other anti-trust/competition offences,
money-laundering or other activities related to corrupt practices, although an
organization can choose to extend the scope of the management system to include
such activities. ISO 37001 helps organizations mitigate bribery risk in their
own operations and throughout their global value chains. It provides a
manageable business framework for preventing, detecting and addressing bribery
risks that can potentially reduce corporate costs related to bribery
misconducts. The anti-bribery management system can be a stand-alone system or
integrated into an already implemented management system such as the Quality
Management System ISO 9001. An organization can choose to implement the
anti-bribery management system in conjunction with or as part of other systems,
such as those relating to quality, environment and safety. ISO 37001 is
designed to be used by small, medium and large organizations in the public,
private and voluntary sectors. It can be used by such a wide range of
organizations because the standard is designed to be a flexible tool, which can
be adapted according to the size and nature of the organization and the bribery
risk it faces.
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