ISO 37001:2016 – Main requirements of the standard
The ISO 37001:2016 adopts the “ISO High Level Structure (HSL)” in 10 chapters in the following breakdown
- Purpose
- Reference standards
- Terms and definitions
- Organization contexts
- Leadership
- Planning
- Support
- Operating activities
- Performance evaluation
- Improvement
The standard only addresses management systems and is not a comprehensive anti-fraud or anti-corruption standard. It also contains a great deal of subjectivity as many requirements are qualified by terms such as “appropriate” and “reasonable”. Therefore, the actual meaning and relevance of ISO 37001 certification is dependent largely upon the thoroughness of the certifying body.
Bribery is one of the world’s most destructive and challenging issues. With over US$ 1 trillion paid in bribes each year*, the consequences are catastrophic, reducing quality of life, increasing poverty and eroding public trust.
Yet despite efforts on national and international levels to tackle bribery, it remains a significant issue. Recognizing this, ISO has developed a new standard to help organizations fight bribery and promote an ethical business culture. It is designed to help your organization implement an anti-bribery management system, or enhance the controls you currently have. It helps to reduce the risk of bribery occurring and can demonstrate to your stakeholders that you have put in place internationally recognized good-practice anti-bribery controls.
Benefits of ISO 37001 Certifications:
By implementing anti-bribery management system as per ISO 37001:2016 standard, any organization can achieve following benefits from the system:
- Reduces the risk of bribery
- Monitors and manages risk throughout your business
- Promotes ethical business culture
- Proves employees’ commitment to anti-bribery best practices
- Opportunities to improve efficiency across working practices
- Protects the company, assets, shareholders and directors from bribery
- Expansion of business opportunities
- Continual improvement of services and products
- Establishment of ethical global practices
Who should use ISO 37001?
ISO 37001 can be used by any organization, large or small whether it be public, private or voluntary sector, and in any country. The anti-bribery management system can be a stand-alone system or integrated into an already implemented management system such as the Quality Management System ISO 9001. An organization can choose to implement the anti-bribery management system in conjunction with or as part of other systems, such as those relating to quality, environment and safety. the correct implementation provides the possibility for the company to be certified by an internationally accredited certification body as for example QACS International www.qacsworld.com
The anti-bribery management standard lasts for three years and is subject to mandatory audits to ensure that you are compliant. At the end of the three years, you will be required to complete a reassessment audit in order to receive the standard for an additional three years.
Certification Process:
The certification process is defined in multiple steps, here is following steps briefly described:
- Application form for certification from the client
- Proposal from the ardent
- Contract and agreement signed between the part
- Stage-1 certification audit
- Stage-2 certification audit
- Issue certificate after successfully completed certification audit.
- Surveillance audit at defined interval
- Recertification audit at defined interval
Ardent’s services:
Ardent will conduct certification audit with competent auditors and technical experts to ensure that the organization fulfilling the customer, statutory and regulatory requirement. And certify the organization to promote continual improvement culture and enhance customer satisfaction.
