Overview of ISO 37001:2016 Certification

The ISO 37001:2016 Certification states the requirements and guidance of the compliance measures in regard to Establishing, Implementing, Maintaining, Reviewing, and Improving the Anti- Bribery Management System. The mentioned system in ISO 37001:2016 Certification can also be intergraded as a stand-alone overall management system.

The regulations stated in the particular ISO standards are restricted only to bribery. It states the Anti-Bribery Laws and complying measures to help detect, prevent and respond to any bribery-related activities being commenced, along with providing requirements needed to be complied with, guidance and an elaborated management system.

The particular ISO standards do not directly address activities such as commencement of fraud, cartels, anti-trust or competition offences, money laundering, or any corruption-related activities or practices. However, the organisation secures the right to extend the scope of the Anti-Bribery Management System for the inclusion of such activities.

The requirements stated in the particular ISO standards are very generic with the intention of being easily applicable for all organisations or any specific part of an organisation, regardless of the type, size, or nature of the activities being commencement whether the organisation belongs to the public, private or non-profit sectors.

Scope of ISO 37001:2016 Certification

The scope of ISO 37001:2016 Certification is stated under the below-mentioned compliance measures in accordance with the respective organisation’s activities –

• Bribery in any Public, Private, and Non-Profit Sector
• Bribery in any Organisation
• Bribery through any personnel of an organisation on behalf or benefit of the organisation
• Bribery through any business associates of the organisation on behalf or benefit of the organisation
• Bribery of the organisation
• Bribery through any personnel of an organisation in regard to the activities of the organisation
• Bribery through any business associates of the organisation in regard to the activities of the organisation
• Any Direct or Indirect Bribery, such as any bribery offered or accepted via a third party