Preventative Programs And Policy Work

Preventative Programs and Policy Work

Our practice focuses on providing ways to prevent corrupt and unethical acts before they occur, to save our clients' resources and reputations in the investigation areas we support. Specifically, we assist clients with setting up effective and tailor-made internal processes, prevention and policy programs in the following areas:
  • Anti-fraud and Anti-corruption
  • Ethics and Compliance
  • Ombudsman, Mediation and Conflict Resolution
  • Social Safeguards and Complaint Review Mechanisms
  • Whistleblowing and Complaint Handling Mechanisms
  • Retaliation
  • Enterprise Risk Management 
  • Anti-Money laundering and Combating Financing of Terrorism
  • Sanctions and Debarment
  • Negotiation and recovery of stolen/illicit funds
  • Integrity Risks in Programs, Grants and Project Management
  • Developing Procurement Red Flags

Enterprise Risk Management, Ethics and Compliance 

• Develop risk management frameworks and operations, complete with reports and analysis.
• Develop checklists, red flags, and integrity risk tools to prevent fraud and corruption, money laundering and terrorism financing.
• Develop new policies, perform policy audit  and database of regulations, rules and internal policies to mainstream compliance.
• Review existing policies and recommend changes based on best practices.
• Set up the Ethics function and establish a conflict of interest and financial disclosure programs.
• Develop and deliver training programs on a wide range of ethics topics including an introduction to ethics,  gifts, outside activities, dual employment, sexual harassment, harassment, abuse of authority, etc.
• Train ethics and compliance focal points on how to investigate ethics violations and staff misconduct.

Anti-Fraud and Anti-Corruption

• Review investigation strategies, guidelines, and anti-fraud and anti-corruption internal policies and proffer solutions on improvement based on best practices.
• Establish investigations and integrity functions to include basic needs of logistics, human resources, budgets, policies, forensics, case management systems, action plans, and strategies for implementation. 
• Develop investigation and integrity trainings that include programs to prevent the occurrence of fraud and corruption in organizational settings and projects.

Whistleblowing, Complaint Handling Policy and Retaliation

• Develop whistleblowing and complaint handling policies, rules, and procedures including retaliation components and how to investigate retaliation and disclosure of whistleblower identity cases.
• Review whistleblowing and retaliation policies and recommend changes based on best practices.
• Review beneficiary complaint mechanisms for humanitarian field operations and advise on ways of improving reporting without fear of retaliation.
Share by: