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Ethical Procurement & Anti-Corruption

Why procurement is a high-corruption-risk function, what bribery and conflicts of interest look like in practice, the red flags in supplier due diligence, and how fair tendering, speaking up and labour-standards awareness protect you and your organisation.

55m
Total time
4
Competency levels
12
Lessons

What you'll learn

  • Explain why procurement carries a high corruption risk and who in the organisation is exposed
  • Recognise bribery in its many forms and apply the intent and perception tests to a borderline offer
  • Declare a conflict of interest early and recuse yourself correctly from the affected decision
  • Apply gift and hospitality thresholds and use the register, in line with your site policy
  • Identify red flags in supplier due diligence and the liability third parties create for the company
  • Describe fair tendering practice, whistleblowing protections and modern-slavery indicators in the supply chain

Curriculum

Progress through each competency level in order.

1

Awareness

  • Why Procurement Is a High-Risk Function
    Knowledge
    3m
  • What Bribery Looks Like in Practice
    Knowledge
    3m
  • Awareness Check: Recognising the Risk
    Assessment
    7m
2

Knowledge

  • Conflicts of Interest: Declare Early, Recuse Properly
    Knowledge
    3m
  • Gifts and Hospitality: Thresholds and Registers
    Knowledge
    3m
  • Knowledge Check: Conflicts, Gifts and Hospitality
    Assessment
    8m
3

Skill

  • Fair Tendering and Supplier Due Diligence Red Flags
    Knowledge
    3m
  • Assignment: Integrity Review of a Sourcing Exercise
    Assignment
    3m
  • Skill Check: Tender Fairness and Due Diligence
    Assessment
    8m
4

Mastery

  • Third Parties, Speaking Up and Labour Standards
    Knowledge
    3m
  • Assignment: Lead a Supply-Chain Integrity Review
    Assignment
    3m
  • Mastery Assessment: Integrity Leadership
    Assessment
    8m

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