UNE-ISO 37001:2017

This International Standard specifies requirements and provides guidance for establishing, implementing, maintaining, reviewing and improving an anti-bribery management system. The system can be standalone or can be integrated into an overall management system. This standard addresses the following in relation to the organization's activities:



a) bribery in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors;

b) bribery by the organization;

c) bribery by the organization's personnel acting on the organization's behalf or for its benefit;

d) bribery by the organization's business associates acting on the organization's behalf or for its benefit;

e) bribery of the organization;

f) bribery of the organization's personnel in relation to the organization s activities;

g) bribery of the organization's business associates in relation to the organization s activities;

h) direct and indirect bribery (e.g. a bribe offered or accepted through or by a third party).



This International Standard is applicable only to bribery. It sets out requirements and provides guidance for a management system designed to help an organization to prevent, detect and address bribery and comply with anti-bribery laws and voluntary commitments applicable to its activities.



In this International Standard, the term "bribery" is used to refer to the offering, promising, giving, accepting or soliciting of an undue advantage of any value (which could be financial or non-financial), directly or indirectly, and irrespective of location(s), in violation of applicable law, as an inducement or reward for a person acting or refraining from acting in relation to the performance of that person's duties.



Moreover, this general use of the term bribery will be further informed by the anti-bribery laws applicable to the organization and an anti-bribery management system designed to help the organization.