International Organization for Standardization

Anti-bribery management systems - Requirements with guidance for use - First Edition
 N 37001

Annotation

This document specifies requirements and provides guidance for establishing, implementing, maintaining, reviewing and improving an anti-bribery management system. The system can be standalone or can be integrated into an overall management system. This document 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).

This document 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.

This document 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.