Draft UK guidance on bribery preventative measures has now been publishedand we would like to ensure that the draft guidance is informed from a Northern Ireland perspective, particularly by the business community.
Summary of responses. The Bribery Act 2010 (which extends to Northern Ireland) introduces a new corporate offence of failure to prevent bribery by people working on its behalf. A business can present a defence to a charge when it can show that it has adequate procedures in place to prevent bribery.
Bribery prevention response