ISO 37001 Anti-bribery management systems

This standard promotes transparency, leadership, and accountability, facilitating regulatory compliance and fighting corruption for an ethical future.

Statistic about bribery

It is estimated that globally, over $1.5 trillion in bribes changes hands every year. Apart from the negative economic impact, bribery also impacts the whole society as it undermines trust, leads to unfairness, creates inequality, and stifles motivation. ISO joined the global fight against bribery by developing ISO 37001, an international standard that sets out the requirements for an anti-bribery management system (ABMS).

What is ISO 37001?

Published in 2016, ISO 37001 outlines the requirements and guidance for establishing, implementing, monitoring, maintaining, and improving an Anti-Bribery Management System (ABMS). It aids organizations in preventing, detecting, and responding to bribery, excluding other forms of corruption like fraud. The standard is applicable to all organizations, regardless of type, size, or sector, and addresses both organizational and external bribery. ISO 37001 follows the High-Level Structure (HLS) and shares terminology with other ISO management system standards, allowing for standalone implementation or integration with compliance systems such as ISO 37301 and other ISO standards like ISO 37002, ISO 9001, and ISO 45001.

ISO 37001 Benefits

Some of the benefits that organizations would obtain by implementing an ABMS based on ISO 37001 include:

  • Improved ability to detect, prevent, and respond to bribery by or of the organization

  • Opportunity to certify the ABMS by undergoing a conformity assessment from an accredited conformity assessment body

  • Establishment of processes that allow proper due diligence of prospective personnel and business associates

  • Opportunity to contribute in the global fight against bribery

  • Opportunity to shape, improve, or transform the culture of an organization

  • Improved ability to respond, mitigate, and deal with the consequences if a bribery case occurs

  • In certain jurisdictions, the existence of an internal mechanism to address bribery issues can reduce penalties in cases of wrongdoing

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