Cylix’s Anti Bribery e-learning course helps organisations comply with the Bribery Act
The recent conviction of a UK company for failing to prevent bribery has highlighted that organisations need to take responsibility for the actions of their employees. Cylix’s course has been designed to ensure everyone understands their responsibilities under the law.
Anyone who thought that complying with the Bribery Act 2010 was nothing more than a box-ticking exercise, just got a wake-up call. The case of Sweett Group plc – who recently became the first UK company to be prosecuted for failure to prevent bribery – has shown that organisations can be held accountable for the actions of their employees. And the potential costs are pretty eye-watering: in Sweett Group’s case, financial penalties of over £2 million, not to mention the reputational damage to their name.
In the words of David Green CB QC, Director of the Serious Fraud Office: “Acts of bribery by UK companies significantly damage this country’s commercial reputation. This conviction and punishment, the SFO’s first under section 7 of the Bribery Act, sends a strong message that UK companies must take full responsibility for the actions of their employees and in their commercial activities act in accordance with the law.”
The ruling clearly demonstrates that the SFO is prepared to get tough with organisations that fail to take adequate steps to prevent bribery. As Steven Price, Cylix’s Managing Director, remarks: “It’s not enough for organisations just to publish policies: they also need to implement robust procedures for ensuring compliance. And obviously a key element in this is ensuring everyone understands their responsibilities and the standards of conduct expected of them.”
Cylix’s Anti Bribery Essentials course has been designed to provide organisations with a highly flexible and cost-effective means of doing just that. It’s structured into four into bite-sized sections, enabling staff to study it in short sessions and find the specific information they need, when they need it:
- What is bribery?
- Identifying what is – and isn’t – a bribe.
- Why bribery is harmful.
- The scale of the problem.
- Understanding the Bribery Act
The four main offences defined by the Bribery Act:
- Bribing another person.
- Receiving a bribe.
- Bribery of foreign public officials.
- Failure of commercial organisations to prevent bribery.
- What would you do?
Series of case studies in which users need to decide what to do in a range of realistic situations.
- Test your knowledge
Comprehensive mastery test to check each user’s understanding of the key points covered.
The course makes extensive use of case studies and scenarios to give staff the opportunity to explore realistic situations, assess the issues and identify how the law applies in each case. What’s more, organisations can incorporate their own policies, providing staff with a seamless means of referencing the specific procedures and standards that apply in their workplace.
The course can be hosted by Cylix under its own learning management system, or it can be deployed under a suitable third-party learning management system. Either way, administrators can track and report on usage at any time, providing a full audit trail for compliance and return on investment purposes.
Any organisation that wishes to find out more or evaluate the course should contact Cylix:
t: 0800 634 1770
e: [email protected]
w: http://www.cylix.co.uk/
About Cylix
Founded in 2002, Cylix is one of the UK’s leading e-learning providers and specialises in developing highly interactive and engaging e-learning courses on compliance-related subjects. Its courses have been successfully deployed by hundreds of organisations across all industry sectors, including Anglian Water, Bristol City Council, BMW, Cambridge University, Scottish Power and more.