Highest Ethical Business Evaluation

Prove that your business is ethical. Complete the Highest Ethical Business Assessment (HEBA) and let ABAC™ experts prepare a complimentary gap analysis of your compliance program to evaluate if it meets “adequate procedures” requirements under UK Bribery Act, DOJ’s Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs Guidance, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission and other regulatory requirements.

The HEBA survey is designed to evaluate your compliance with adequate procedures to prevent bribery and corruption across the organisation. This survey is monitored and evaluated by qualified ABAC™ professionals with Business Ethics, Legal and Compliance background. The questions are open-ended to encourage a qualitative analysis of your Compliance Program and to facilitate the gap analysis process. After submission, the ABAC® team will contact you to discuss the results.

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Ethics & Compliance Management Program

Please answer the following questions about ethics and compliance management inside your organisation.

What are the primary formal procedures within the firm to report and regulate the cases of ethics, compliance, bribery and corruption risks? Are these methods effective, in your opinion?

Is the company implementing ISO 31000:2018 Risk Management standard? If yes, what evidence can be provided to show that the business complies with ISO 31000?

Is the company certified with the ISO 37001:2016 Anti-Bribery Management Systems (ABMS) standard? What evidence can be provided to show that the business complies with ISO 37001?

Is the company certified with the ISO 37001:2016 Anti-Bribery Management Systems (ABMS) Certification standard? What evidence can be provided to show that the business complies with ISO 37001?

Is the company certified with the ISO 37000:2021 Governance of Organisations — Guidance standard? What evidence can be provided to show that the business complies with ISO 37000?

Is the company certified with the ISO 37301:2021 Compliance Management Systems (CMS) standard? Please provide a brief critical evaluation of the position of the organisation against the main principles of ISO 37301.

Is the company certified with the ISO 37002:2021 Whistleblowing Management Systems - Guidance standard? What evidence can be provided to show that the business complies with ISO 37002?

Can the company be improved concerning the postulates of ISO 31000:2018 Risk Management, ISO 37002:2021 Whistleblowing Management Systems - Guidance, ISO 37000:2021 Governance of Organisations — Guidance, ISO 37301:2021 Compliance Management Systems (CMS) and ISO 37001:2016 Anti-Bribery Management Systems (ABMS)?

Corporate & Social Responsibility

Please answer the following questions about the corporate and social responsibility of your organisation.

Are the organisation's marketing activities oriented towards sustainability and social responsibility?

Does the organisation rely on any explicitly written guidelines and principles to maintain high levels of sustainability and responsibility?

Are the organisation's employees rewarded when displaying positive behaviour towards sustainability and responsibility?

How are the values of sustainability and responsibility ingrained into the businesses’ organisational culture?

Has the company been implicated in any controversies or scandals pertaining to sustainability and responsibility? If yes, has the company made any improvements to ensure that its practices are ethical?

Culture of ethics

Please answer the following questions about the culture of ethics inside your organisation.

Does the management rely on visible artefacts fostering the culture of ethics?

What are the underlying workplace values within the company? Are they compliant with the key components of business ethics?

Do formal and informal leaders within the company consciously encourage their followers to display ethics-positive behaviors?

Is ethics utilised as a measurement of employee performance?

In your opinion, will the company be able to maintain ethical business operations without external supervision in the future?

Governance & Leadership

Please answer the following questions about the governance and leadership inside your organisation.

Is the ethical development a part of managerial training within the firm?

Do the leaders employ and exhibit ethical behaviour within the company on a consistent basis?

What are the procedures taken by the company if one of the managers is found responsible for unethical business decisions?

Is there a dedicated business unit for ethical audits within the company’s structure? If no, what measures are employed by the firm to evaluate its compliance with business ethics?

What is the employees’ outlook on the senior staff conduct concerning ethics?

Innovation & Reputation

Please answer the following questions about the innovation and reputation inside your organisation.

What is the primary strategy implemented by the company in the case of a reputational crisis?

How does the firm evaluate its value offerings along the dimensions of business ethics?

Is the company's product development guided by ethics, responsibility, and sustainability?

What are the key formal procedures adopted by the organisation to ensure that its innovation is within the ethical boundaries?

What ethical perception is held by the company's key stakeholders?