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31st January 2020 Airbus Pay 3.6 Billion Euros To Settle Bribery Allegations
The settlement deal will mean Airbus pay 1 billion euros to UK authorities as part of a global settlement worth 3.6 billion euros. The UK says the case was the worlds largest global resolution for bribery according to UK Serious Fraud Office SFO.
Airbus was investigated by authorities in UK France and USA over allegations Airbus consultants paid bribes in Sri Lanka Malaysia Indonesia Taiwan and Ghana between 2011 and 2015 to win new contracts for Airbus.
Dame Victoria Sharp, the judge who approved the settlement, said bribery was “endemic” within Airbus’s civilian and military aircraft sales businesses.
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16th December 2019 Two Former Directors Of Serco Charged With Fraud Over Their Roles In Scandal Involving The Electronic Tagging Of Criminals In UK
The Serious Fraud Office SFO said that Nicholas Woods and Simon Marshall had been charged with fraud by false representation and false accounting in relation to representations made to the justice ministry between 2011 and 2013.
Serco fined 19.2m pounds in the scandal and the company admitted that Serco Geografix a subsidiary of Serco had understated profits from its electronic tagging contracts with the ministry.
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Serco had to pay the UK ministry 70 million pounds in compensation when it was discovered that Serco was charging the UK government for people who were either in jail dead or not in the UK. Serco also lost the electronic tagging contract.
16th January 2017 Rolls Royce Settle Bribery and Corruption Probe
Rolls Royce has agreed to pay £671m to UK US and Brazilian authorities mainly UK. Britains Serious Fraud Office SFO received nearly half a billion pounds of the penalties imposed on Rolls Royce. In return a prosecution of the company will be deferred subject to court hearing approval. It is the largest UK penalty ever imposed by the SFO.
Rolls Royce are reported to have responded to the allegations saying “These agreements relate to bribery and corruption involving intermediaries in a number of overseas markets, concerns about which the company passed on to the SFO from 2012 onwards. These are voluntary agreements which result in the suspension of a prosecution provided that the company fulfils certain requirements, including the payment of a financial penalty.”
Penalties will be paid over five years, with the first year of all three agreements seeing £293m paid out.
Bribery and Corruption Risk Assessment Guidance
There are many moving parts to bribery and corruption but when they gel together it can be very difficult to dislodge from an organisation. Reputational damage can be a very difficult stain to remove.
- Bribery: offering something for illegal competitive advantage
- Corruption: abusing a position of trust in order to gain an competitive advantage
Assessing the risk of bribery and corruption to your business is an important risk assessment to get right in global businesses. Steering clear of bribery and corruption is more difficult than would be immediately expected from big brand businesses.
Large organisations increasingly come under the microscope of overseas and domestic legislation so is a compliance issue as well as a risk or governance issue. Bribery and corruption risks also extend into risks from business partners distribution networks third parties and must be a priority for mergers and acquisitions, otherwise the new bad apple could contaminate the whole barrel.
Ethical businesses must have clear risk management processes procedures and controls consistently applied across the company including the monitoring and review of bribery and corruption risks.
Bribery and Corruption Policy Statement and Procedures
Protect yourself and your business by putting in place an anti-bribery policy for those who work for you and on your behalf. Create your own anti-bribery policy wording. Anti bribery policy definition example sample
UK Government It is illegal to offer promise give request agree receive or accept bribes. An anti bribery policy can help protect your business. You should have an anti bribery policy if there is a risk that someone who works for you or on your behalf might be exposed to bribery.
Your firm should be vigilant about bribery and corruption which are both criminal offences under the UK Bribery Act 2010.
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Enable your employees to understand and comply with the Bribery Act. Get training for employees for all parts of the globe. Put anti bribery and corruption measures in place. Teach employees about the most common issues relating to international bribery and corruption.
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