Accreditation For Anti Bribery Management System - ABMS

• 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'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'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.