anti-bribery
Opposing illicit payments
Anti-bribery describes laws, policies, or measures designed to prevent the offering or accepting of bribes.
Most commonly appears as a modifier: anti-bribery legislation, anti-bribery compliance training, the company's anti-bribery policy.
The term dominates corporate and regulatory contexts, where organizations implement anti-bribery programs to avoid legal liability.
Moral soundness and consistency
- honestyTruthfulness, sincerity
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
- probityThorough moral honesty
- rectitudeMoral straightness
incorruptibility · principles · conscience · trustworthiness · honour · morality · righteousness · virtue
Enforced rules and standards
- policiesAdopted courses of action
- auditFormal accounts examination
- due diligencePre-transaction reasonable care
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
enforcement · monitoring · risk assessment · certification · controls · reporting · governance · code of conduct
Exposing hidden wrongdoing internally
- safeguardsMeasures preventing harm
- detectionAct of finding something
- deterrencePrevention via threatened consequences
- screeningEvaluative selection process
vetting · background checks · red flags · conflict of interest · financial controls · hotline · anonymous reporting · internal controls
Obligation for one's actions
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- opennessQuality of being accessible
- beneficial ownershipWho truly holds assets
- auditingExamining records for accuracy
traceability · record-keeping · financial reporting · independent review · scrutiny · visibility · sunshine laws
integrity
Moral soundness and consistency
rectitude · incorruptibility · principles · conscience · trustworthiness · honour · morality · righteousness · virtue · decency
regulations
Enforced rules and standards
- policiesAdopted courses of action
- auditFormal accounts examination
- due diligencePre-transaction reasonable care
oversight · enforcement · monitoring · risk assessment · certification · controls · reporting · governance · code of conduct · documentation
whistleblowing
Exposing hidden wrongdoing internally
- safeguardsMeasures preventing harm
- detectionAct of finding something
- deterrencePrevention via threatened consequences
screening · vetting · background checks · red flags · conflict of interest · financial controls · hotline · anonymous reporting · internal controls · investigation
accountability
Obligation for one's actions
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- opennessQuality of being accessible
- beneficial ownershipWho truly holds assets
auditing · traceability · record-keeping · financial reporting · independent review · scrutiny · visibility · sunshine laws
- complianceaudit, obeying, policy, compliance officer, regulation
- corruptioncorruption, graft, kickbacks, embezzlement, nepotism
- ethicsmorality, deontology, dignity, sanctity of life, utilitarianism
- corporate lawincorporation, shareholders, corporate governance, limited liability, shares
- ISO Standardsstandardization
anti-briberycorrupt
Dishonest, open to bribes
pay-to-play · palm-greasing · venal · corruptible · on the take
anti-briberycorrupt
Dishonest, open to bribes
unethical · non-compliant · lawless · unscrupulous · unprincipled
anti-briberypermissive
Tolerant, lacking strictness
unregulated · laissez-faire · non-compliant · lax · unenforced