Anti-Corruption & Anti-Bribery
Corruption rarely announces itself. It arrives as a favour, a gift, or a quiet request.
Bribery and corruption damage organisations from the inside long before anyone is charged. Laws against them exist almost everywhere, and an organisation can be answerable for what those acting on its behalf do. South Africa's Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act covers the public and private sector and places a duty on people in positions of authority to report certain offences. The UK Bribery Act, the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Kenya's Bribery Act do similar work, and some of them reach conduct outside their own borders. The OECD Anti-Bribery Convention commits the countries that have signed it to make bribing foreign officials a crime.
The risk is greatest where money meets discretion: procurement, licences, inspections, hiring, and dealings through agents and intermediaries. Controls matter, but so do everyday judgements, like where a gift becomes an inducement, and what to do when a supplier offers something that feels slightly wrong.
This theme is about recognising corruption in its ordinary forms, knowing what the law expects, and giving people the confidence to say no and to speak up.
Procurement and finance staff, managers, directors and trustees, and anyone who deals with public officials or third parties.