{"id":1309,"date":"2020-11-16T11:15:19","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T11:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crigroup.com\/?p=1309"},"modified":"2024-05-17T14:17:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T14:17:32","slug":"why-international-fraud-awareness-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crigroup.com\/ar\/why-international-fraud-awareness-week\/","title":{"rendered":"CRI Group\u2122 Celebrate 2021 International Fraud Awareness Week"},"content":{"rendered":"
CRI Group\u2122 is once again a proud supporter of 2021’s International Fraud Awareness Week<\/a>. Taking place throughout the week of November 14th to November 20th of 2021, International Fraud Awareness Week is a global effort is a move to diminish the influence of fraud by advocating for anti-fraud awareness and education. According to the 2021 ACFE<\/a> Report to the Nations, organisation\u2019s continue to lose about 5% of revenue to fraud each year and currently, there are more than 3.3 billion people in the global workforce with nearly all of them having access to or control over some portion of their employer\u2019s cash or assets \u2013 an amount which contributes to such a loss.<\/p>\n Corresponding to the most recent ACFE report, other fraud trends which have remained constant throughout the last few years include:<\/p>\n Zafar Anjum, founder, and CEO of CRI Group\u2122 said that International Fraud Awareness Week (called Fraud Week<\/a>, for short) is a crucial endeavour drawing attention to fraud and aiding to support better education towards communities about the liabilities that accompany fraud. \u201cCRI Group\u2122 has been a proud supporter of Fraud Week for past years\u201d, Anjum said. \u201cIt\u2019s an important time to urge organisations of all shapes and sizes to conduct proper due diligence and minimise risk. Only by addressing fraud and corruption proactively can we make progress in preventing and detecting it\u201d.<\/p>\n For CRI Group\u2122, though, assisting organisations with the deterrence and detection of fraud is a year-round responsibility which is why Fraud Week<\/a> is a wonderful occasion to acknowledge CRI\u00ae Group\u2019s contemporary exertions in the bout alongside fraud; it is also a wonderful time to look ahead on CRI Group\u2019s activities which are all nearing their time of action.<\/p>\n Here are just a few of the highlights:<\/p>\n CRI Group\u2122 participated in conferences as a means of educating professionals on fraud and corruption; such as the PBSA 2021 Annual Conference.<\/a>\u00a0Furthermore, our experts discussed ISO 37001 and other anti-bribery management solutions with a range of industry professionals across the world by inviting them as speakers to our webinars and actively collaborating with them through other means. \u201cCRI Group\u2122 is comprised of subject-specific experts with diversified speciality areas,\u201d Anjum said. \u201cOur audit team has years of substantive field experience as investigators, compliance officers and legal professionals.”<\/p>\n With ABAC\u2122 in place, we found that corporate leaders were eager to learn more about preventing bribery and fighting corruption however, one other obstacle remained in our way; the pandemic. 2021 saw CRI\u00a0alongside ABAC\u2122 continue their efforts to share best practices, demonstrate resources and discuss the latest technology for preventing corruption despite the global pandemic which admittedly, probably has changed the way the corporate world works forever. Our webinars are designed with every passing moment in mind so that solutions and advice can be entirely bespoke to the client at hand. Our webinars to date include:<\/p>\n We kicked off the year with a webinar built to explore and identify a combination of institutional solutions for managing and monitoring corporate compliance to prevent bribery and corruption in a modern enterprise. The aim of this webinar was to identify how to protect your organisation from global corruption and to critically assess the applicability of several recent legislative guidelines to the proactive mitigation of corruption and bribery in corporate administration across the world. Based on Airbus and Rolls-Royce cases of multinational, multi-party bribery, the webinar dived into the consequences of systemic inadequacy, confirming a paradigm shift in corporate oversight and network risk management.<\/p>\n We explored what course of action to take in the first 48 hours after discovering bribery as well as how to prepare for such crisis management and finally, how to manage the risks more effectively and minimise the chances of such a situation happening at all. Key speakers consisted of CRI Group’s\/ABAC’s own Zafar Anjum, and Robert Youill, Executive Director at Key Risk Consulting Asia. Both talked about the steps you have to take in the next 48 hours after bribery is discovered concerning your organisation and how to identify the gaps in your existing anti-bribery anti-corruption management system.<\/p>\n Here at CRI\u2122, we like to say why be a part of the problem when you can be a part of the solution? This webinar covered information regarding bribery, including consequences of bribery and defences to bribery as well as an overview of the regulatory framework, specifically the New Corporate Liability provision under Section 17A of the Malaysian Anticorruption Commission Act 2009 and a comparative study of Section 7 of the UK Bribery Act 2010. This webinar is great for organisations who wish to widen their knowledge and expertise regarding the ISO 37001 Anti-bribery Management System standard.<\/p>\n Whistleblowing does not only refer to the act of a whistleblower who informs, reports or discloses on someone or the organisation is conducting or going to conduct any illicit activity which may harm the interests of stakeholders. Meanwhile, it has also emerged in its mainstream functions and the essential roles in leading today\u2018s modern corporations to enforce effective whistleblowing policy within their compounds of governance. The goal was to provide resources and access to organisations around the globe on standards and certifications that will aid them in expansion and an ethical working environment.<\/p>\n Widespread trust is built on a company culture of doing the right thing, where every employee contributes because they understand and believe in its importance. Our \u201cBuilding a Culture of Compliance and Trust Through ISO 37301:2021 CMS\u201d webinar in collaboration with Dubai Quality Group<\/a> and our sister brand the Anti-Bribery Anti-Corruption (ABAC\u2122) Center of Excellence<\/a> highlighted all essential parts of a corporate compliance program. The aim of this webinar was to be able to provide resources on corporate compliance and due diligence to organisations around the globe that will aid them in expansion and an ethical working environment.<\/p>\n All of our webinars are designed with our audience and beyond in mind and we aim to educate and equip corporate leaders of all industries and sizes with the resources we have available to us.<\/em><\/p>\n Our content is created to inform and provide important information that might be missed in today\u2019s news cycles – that being said, CRI Group\u2122 has produced more than 50 educational news articles and publications to help educate business leaders, government leaders, professionals and the public about fraud and corruption. Our subject matter experts deliver important information, such as why forensic accounting can be important during a fraud investigation, or how risk assessments can be used to better protect your organisation.<\/p>\n The methods for committing fraud are ever-evolving, so it’s no question that our experts remain dedicated to building their skill sets and staying on the cutting edge in a bid to help clients be successful in detecting and deterring fraud in and out of their immediate workspace. To do so we have launched a few new educational articles:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n At CRI Group\u2122, we recognised the need for an independent certification body for ISO 37001: Anti-Bribery Management System which is why we founded the \n
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