Financial crime awareness

Anti-Bribery & Corruption (ABC)

CISA

2 CPD points

4 modules

NOTE

This course is typically considered where organisations are looking to address bribery and corruption alongside related financial crime risks in a more integrated way, particularly where these risks overlap in practice.

It may be appropriate to consider how the underlying modules align with your organisation’s specific risk profile, regulatory environment, internal policies, approval thresholds, third-party exposure and reporting structures.

The structure also allows for adaptation based on operating context, including industry-specific risk factors, procurement and supplier ecosystems, governance maturity and existing compliance training frameworks.

overview

Recognise bribery and corruption risk

Anti-Bribery and Corruption provides a broader employee awareness programme connecting bribery and corruption with related fraud, money-laundering and reporting risks.

Employees learn how improper benefits may arise through gifts, hospitality, donations, tenders, contracts, supplier relationships, public officials, facilitation payments, kickbacks, conflicts of interest and inaccurate records.

The course also helps employees distinguish bribery from other forms of misconduct, recognise relevant warning signs and understand when to stop, seek advice or report a concern through the organisation’s approved channels.

The course

Understand how the risks connect

The course comprises of various financial crime employee-awareness modules, including Preventing Bribery and Corruption, Preventing Fraud and Preventing Money Laundering.

The anti-bribery content covers improper benefits, gifts and hospitality, donations, tenders, contracts, procurement decisions, suppliers, contractors, agents, public officials, facilitation payments, kickbacks, improper influence, conflicts of interest and attempts to conceal improper payments.

The fraud module provides a general foundation in workplace fraud, why it occurs, common warning signs, prevention and reporting.

The money-laundering module introduces how illicit funds may be disguised, common warning signs and employees’ responsibilities when suspicious conduct is identified.

The broader course also addresses PRECCA, reporting responsibilities, organisational prevention measures and practical escalation. The focus is employee awareness rather than legal, investigative or specialist compliance training.

Core risk

Financial crime risks do not appear neatly separated when they arise in ordinary business.

CUSTOMISATION

Align the course with your risks

The risks addressed in this course often overlap in practice. A suspicious supplier relationship may involve an improper benefit, concealed records, fraud or an attempt to move or disguise the proceeds of misconduct.

The course structure helps employees understand those connections without treating bribery, fraud and money laundering as the same thing.

The standard course provides a common employee foundation. It can then be adapted around the organisation’s industry, policies, approval thresholds, procurement processes, third-party relationships, reporting channels and higher-risk employee groups.

Build awareness of bribery, fraud and money laundering across your workforce.

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Why should organisations provide anti-bribery and corruption training?

Bribery and corruption risk can arise through ordinary business activity, including procurement, tenders, gifts, hospitality, supplier relationships, intermediaries, payments and dealings with public officials.

Training helps employees recognise when a benefit, request, relationship or decision may be improper, understand why the conduct creates risk and know when to stop, seek advice or report a concern. This course also helps employees understand how bribery and corruption may overlap with fraud, money laundering and reporting responsibilities without treating these forms of misconduct as interchangeable.

Who should do anti-bribery and corruption training?

The course can be used across industries and employee groups.

It is particularly relevant to employees who influence purchasing, tenders or contract awards; manage suppliers, contractors or intermediaries; interact with government officials or regulators; approve payments, expenses, gifts or donations; work in sales, business development or operational management; or hold positions of authority and oversight.

The full course or selected modules can be assigned according to the employee’s role, exposure and the organisation’s risk profile.

How is this course different from a standalone anti-bribery course?

This is a broader course that connects bribery and corruption with related fraud, money-laundering and reporting risks.

It includes the Preventing Bribery and Corruption, Preventing Fraud and Preventing Money Laundering modules. The full course helps employees understand how these risks may overlap in practice without treating them as the same form of misconduct.

A standalone module may be more appropriate where an employee group only requires focused awareness of one subject.

Is anti-bribery and corruption training legally required in South Africa?

PRECCA does not prescribe one standard training course that every employee must complete.

It does, however, create corruption offences, impose reporting responsibilities on certain people in positions of authority and create a failure-to-prevent offence for members of the private sector and incorporated state-owned entities in specified circumstances.

The existence of adequate procedures designed to prevent associated persons from engaging in prohibited conduct is relevant under section 34A. Employee training may form part of those procedures, but training alone does not establish that an organisation has an adequate anti-bribery and corruption programme.

Can the course be customised to our organisation’s risks and policies?

Yes. The full course or selected modules can be adapted to reflect the organisation’s industry, principal risks, regulatory environment, internal policies, approval thresholds, procurement processes, third-party relationships and reporting structures.

This may include the organisation’s anti-bribery, gifts and hospitality, conflicts-of-interest and whistleblowing rules, together with relevant terminology, examples, reporting channels and escalation procedures.

Customisation can also focus on higher-risk employee groups or operating environments where procurement, government interaction, contractor networks or cross-border activity create greater exposure.

Can the modules be completed separately?

Yes. The Preventing Bribery and Corruption, Preventing Fraud and Preventing Money Laundering modules can also be used as shorter standalone interventions.

The full four-module programme is more suitable where the organisation wants employees to understand how bribery, corruption, fraud, money laundering and reporting responsibilities connect in practice. Standalone modules may be more proportionate where a particular employee group only requires focused awareness of one risk area.

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