Anti-bribery and anti-corruption enforcement actions are rising globally. Organizations across every industry should be aware of the consequences and repercussions of corruption violations which can be swift and severe. Countless firms have been subject to major fines and other penalties that have had highly negative impact on their business and many individual employees have been prosecuted on criminal charges. Our academy offers an anti-bribery and corruption training to ensure that your organization is compliant with modern international anti-corruption legislation.

Maintaining your reputation in business means everything and ensuring your organization is compliant with the terms of the FCPA, the UK Bribery Act, Sapin II as well as other national legislation should be high on your list of priorities. Anti-bribery and anti-corruption measures should form a key part of your organization’s compliance strategy, and implementing a robust training solution to keep your employees aware of the threat of corruption is essential. Effective training on this topic will help employees at all levels understand their roles in protecting material non-public information and the implications and consequences of disregarding the bribery and corruption rules.

We have developed an ABAC training specified to the needs of compliance professionals. The program covers a broad range of topics, including recent developments, stimulating debate, fostering networking, cross-fertilisation and the global exchange of experience. The aim of this training is to providing comprehensive, high-quality and easily accessible anti-bribery and corruption education.

Programme

Training Day 1

Enforcement & compliance landscape

• Changing compliance landscape

• Comparison of legal frameworks: Dutch legal framework, US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, UK Bribery Act, Sapin II

• Corporate criminal liability and mitigation 

• Enforcement trends

• Legal privilege: inhouse and external  

• Whistle-blowers: new standards 

• Settlements: recent developments

• Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) obligations  

Speakers: Willemijn Jonker & Joyce Boonstra-Verhaert

Training Day 2

Prevention: Designing an effective anti-bribery & anti-corruption compliance programme

• Principles of corruption prevention and detection

• Anti-Corruption strategies  

• Generic Integrity management and ABAC frameworks

• Key elements of an effective ABAC compliance programme

• Compliance governance, leadership commitment and culture

Speaker: Sascha Kramer

Training Day 3

Action: Compliance in action & practical realities

• Developing Codes of Conduct and Anti-Corruption Compliance Policies

• Doing business abroad & cultural differences

• How to Effectively Map Your Company’s Bribery & Corruption Risks

• Defining and managing conflicts of interest

• Supply chain management and, third party risks, third party due diligence and continuous monitoring

Speaker: Sascha Kramer

Training 4

External monitoring: Anti-Bribery & Anti-Corruption compliance management

• Supply chain management, third party risks and payment due diligence

• Evaluating your Anti-Bribery & Anti-Corruption Compliance Programme

• Monitoring and Evaluation of the Anti-Bribery & Anti-Corruption Compliance Programme

• The importance and challenges of measuring the effectiveness of your programme

Speaker: Sascha Kramer

Training day 5

Irregularities, risk analyses and mitigation

• Incident response & crises management

• Communication when in crises: what to communicate and when?

• Reputation management

• Interplay between compliance and internal investigations

• Internal Investigations: how, when and why?

• Interviews and dealing with individuals

• Reporting

• Communication and cooperation with regulatory and law enforcement bodies

• Remediation

Speakers: Willemijn Jonker and others

Training day 6

Compliance in action

During this training day the participants will bring the earlier learned into practice through a simulated situation. They will be able to partake in the following exercises during the day: 

• Investigating an irregularity

• Conducting data review

• Dealing with a whistle-blower (report)

• Interviewing an employee under suspicion

• Addressing the media   

• Presenting their findings and recommendations to the board

• Presenting their Anti-Bribery & Anti-Corruption Compliance Programme

The various speakers from the training will be involved in the organisation of this training day.

Method

During this training you will acquire knowledge which can be applied directly in your daily work. Providing theory, practicing with cases and discussing examples from practice are methods that are constantly alternated. 

We work in small groups to stimulate learning from each other. The maximum amount of participants for this training is 20.

Objectives

Entry requirements

The course is specifically designed to be detailed yet accessible. Although no professional experience in anti-bribery law or compliance is required, some exposure, working experience, or training in anti-bribery compliance is preferred.

To get the most from the course, a good standard of English is required.

Course materials & preparation

Participants will receive 2 weeks prior to each training day a digital syllabus with relevant course materials.

For each training day, participants are expected to go through the course materials. This will amount to approximately 3 hours of preparation time for each training day. 

Certificate 

Participants to the ABAC Training will receive the Anti-Bribery and Corruption accreditation from our academy. 

This accreditation will be awarded to those who have:

• attended a minimum of 5 of the 6 training days;

• participated actively during all training days

as this ensures participants to have  acquired the requisite knowledge. 

The ABAC Training does not include an exam. 

Permanent Education points 

This training consists of a total of 36 hours of permanent education (PE). The Permanent Education points that are obtained by taking part in the ABAC Training are recognized by several Dutch professional organizations, amongst which:

• Koninklijke Nederlandse Beroepsorganisatie van Accountants (NBA)

• Nederlandse orde van advocaten (NOvA)

• Koninklijke Notariële Beroepsorganisatie (KNB)

• Register Belastingadviseurs (RB)

• NEVOA 

Reviews

The participants of the previous edition of this training have reviewed the training as follows:

Financial

• After filling the online application form, you will receive an invoice. 

• You can pay in one or in two instalments.

• Payments can only be made by means of bank transfer. 

• Please note that we employ a first pay, first serve principle.

Cancellation

• For cancellations between one to two months before the training starts, 50% of the course fee will be charged. 

• In case of cancellation within one month before the start of the course, you will have to pay 80% of the course fee.

• Please note that in case of cancellation, a suitably qualified person may replace you without extra charge.

• White Collar Academy reserves the right to cancel a course if the number of participants is insufficient or due to any other unforeseen circumstances. In this case your course fee will be reimbursed. Other costs e.g. for transportation cannot be reimbursed.