Anti-Bribery & Corruption Awareness Workshop

An Overview of Fundamentals

Integrity

• Definition
• Initiatives in Malaysia

Ethics

• Definition
• Ethics and Integrity risk
• Difference between personal, business and professional ethics
• Categorisation of non-ethical and non-integral values
• Adverse effects

Definition of Business Ethics

• Business
• Ethics
• Statistics

Laws and Standards governing Ethics

• Laws of Malaysia (MACC Act 2009)
• ISO 37001 – Anti Bribery Management System
• Enforcement Bodies and their roles (Success Stories)
• Challenges in Prosecution (Domestic & Courts of Law)

Corruption and Bribery

• Tell-tale signs
• Common forms
• Conventional and unconventional methods
• Book transaction
• Elements of Individual Liability under MACC Act 2009
• Elements of Corporate Liability under MACC Act 2009 (Amended in 2018 with inclusion of S.17A)

Asset Misappropriation

• Act of misappropriation
• Components / Elements

Corruption & Bribery Risk and Corporate Governance

• Fundamentals
• 3 Ingredients of fraud
• Environment, People and Opportunity
• Dominant factor
• Corporate governance in jeopardy
• Generic reasons for fraud
• Risk (Reality vs Myth)
• The risk domains in an organisation
• Red Flags of fraud
• Enhancing corporate governance

Developing and Implementing Ethics and Compliance Programme

• Top Down Exercise – Management Support
• Developing Anti-Corruption Programme
• Oversight of the Anti-Corruption Programme
• Policy – Words to be used; Clarity of Intention; Non-Ambiguous
• Detailed policies for particular risk areas
• Application of the Anti-Corruption program to business partners
• Internal Controls and documentation
• Communication and training
• Promoting and incentivizing ethics and compliance
• Seeking guidance – Detecting and reporting violations
• Addressing violations
• Periodic reviews and evaluation of the anti-corruption program

Types of Incidences and Observed Misconduct

• Examples and Statistics

An Overview of the following

• Consequence Management, Prosecution and the Law

Sources of Unethical Behaviour in Organizations

• Overly aggressive financial or business objectives
• Abusive & intimidating behaviour
• Conflict of interest

Essentials of Business Ethics

• Honesty
• Integrity

Making Decisions About Ethical Issues

Recognition of Ethical Issues in Business

• Ethical Issues
• Method of judging the ethics of a situation

Improving Ethical Behaviour in Business

3 Key Elements that Influences Ethical / Unethical Decisions in an Organisation

• Individual Standards & Values
• Managers & Co- Workers Influence
• Opportunity (Codes & Compliance Requirements)
• Corporate Governance (Organisational Policy)
• Adequate Procedure Guidelines by the Prime Minister’s Department.
• HR Policies (Employee Relations & Code of Ethics)
• Whistleblowing (Whistle-blower Protection Act 2010)
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) Compliance in line with Business Ethics and Key Risk Indicators (KRI)
• Joint Responsibility Approach
• Compliance to related regulations, laws and standards.

Performance Management of Suppliers

• Methodology
• Reporting
• Escalation Path