{"id":1276,"date":"2021-12-06T16:22:48","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T16:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crigroup.com\/?p=1276"},"modified":"2024-01-22T14:01:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T14:01:05","slug":"financial-crime-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crigroup.com\/ar\/financial-crime-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Crime Policies and Procedures: examples of Good and Poor Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"

The principal catalyst of economic crime (also known as financial crime) is monetary gain. However, economic crime has a devasting effect on individuals and communities. When associated with organised crime and terrorist financing, it threatens laws, democratic processes, and fundamental human freedoms, impoverishing states and distorting free trade and competition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Not a victimless crime<\/span><\/h3>\n

Because of the well-publicised financial scandals that marked the aftermath of the tech bubble in 2002 and the housing bubble in 2008, most recently, the 2018 Patisserie Valerie scandal, which was once considered a merely poor business practice (i.e. widespread reckless investment) is now considered criminal. We saw how the vast losses associated with these high-level financial fraud scandals undermined social-security systems and destabilised economic systems. Today there is a growing consensus on the need to improve the global framework for fighting financial crime and regain the public’s trust. And financial crime prevention policies and procedures are critical.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Walk the walk with a robust code of conduct<\/span><\/h3>\n

The failure of self-regulation by most companies involved in the scandals only highlighted how important organisations have prevention policies and procedures in place. These policies fall under the “Ethical Code of Conduct” A code of conduct sets the standards for how an organisation ought to behave and guides its workforce in the decision-making. A robust Code of Conduct and other internal rules and guidelines serve as the foundation for a successful free of fraud organisation.\u00a0<\/span>Read more on “Ethical code of conduct and what should be covered?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

By having a robust code of conduct, organisations can demonstrate their commitment to complying with all applicable laws and regulations. With a well-established set of global policies, the organisation can achieve robust and consistent compliance standards. Rather than assume that ethical rules “go without saying,” every organisation should spell out what they expect of their employees when it comes to ethical behaviour. At CRI Group\u2122, we counsel business leaders that every organisation should have a written, carefully considered ethical code of conduct as part of their fraud prevention strategy. <\/span>CRI Group’s Certification program through the ABAC\u2122<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Center of Excellence<\/span><\/a>\u00a0includes developing an ethical code of conduct as part of clients’ training and development phase.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Successful Organisations Adopt a Risk-Based Approach when Doing Business<\/span><\/h2>\n

A company must have up-to-date policies and procedures appropriate to its business. These policies should provide a uniform set of risk management principles and mandatory standards. These should be readily accessible, effective and understood by all relevant workforce.<\/span><\/p>\n

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