ISO 37001 Certification: Anti Bribery Management System

Certification of your anti-bribery management system to ISO 37001 demonstrates your commitment to build a transparent, ethical and accountable organization. This commitment helps safeguard your reputation and enhance stakeholder confidence, strengthening your position as a responsible and trustworthy partner.

ISO 37001 provides a structured approach to an anti-bribery management system. By applying its requirements, your organization can strengthen its ability to identify potential bribery situations and apply controls that are appropriate to the level of exposure. This demonstrates that effective measures are in place and maintained over time, supporting responsible business conduct and long-term organizational resilience.

What is the ISO 37001 standard?

ISO 37001 is a management system standard applicable to organizations in the public, private and non-profit sectors. It sets requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining and continually improving an anti-bribery management system. The standard focuses on leadership commitment, risk-based thinking, appropriate controls and continual improvement. It is applicable only to bribery, although organizations may choose to include related issues such as fraud or money laundering in the management system.

ISO 37001 addresses bribery by the organization itself and of the organization by others. It covers situations involving company employees or business associates acting on the organization’s behalf or in relation to its activities. The standard provides a systematic approach for managing bribery risks and supports compliance with anti-bribery laws and voluntary commitments.

ISO 37001 helps you achieve:

• Clear roles, responsibilities and oversight of anti-bribery activities
• A structured approach to identify and address bribery-related exposure
• More consistent application of controls across processes and functions
• Improved due diligence on activities, projects, business associates and transactions
• Continual improvement of anti-bribery measures over time

The standard promotes a risk-based process approach and is built in ISO’s Harmonised Structure (HS). This ensures a consistent framework that enables seamless integration with other management system standards such as ISO 9001 for quality management, ISO 37301 for compliance management systems and ISO/IEC 27001 for information security management system.