#anticorruption certification

Newly Released: 

Certified Anti-Corruption Manager — FAQ.

Mike Masoud, Sr. Director, The Middle East and Africa with Petra News and Al Rai newspaper — Jordan

“Amman, August 8 (Petra) — The American Anti-Corruption Institute (AACI) will be teaching the content of His Majesty King Abdullah II’s sixth Royal Discussion Paper: “Rule of Law and Civil State” at the universities which the AACI cooperates with globally, said Mike Masoud, senior director of The AACI in the Middle East and Africa.

He told Petra, on the sideline of Bright Jordan company delivering its Anti-Corruption certificate, that AACI considers the sixth Royal Discussion Papers a primary anti-corruption resource in developing countries.

“This Discussion Paper is a prerequisite to any effective national anti-corruption strategy”, he added.

The AACI delivers globally a disciplined anti-corruption certification program to organizations seeking to prevent fraud and corruption inside their business processes, operations, and culture.

This certification process is the first of its kind worldwide and forms a basis for institutional change in fighting fraud and corruption. It is available to organizations of all types. The process is “principally” administered and completed online.

As we received too many questions about this certification program, the technical staff of The AACI addressed the substance of these matters in the following question and answer format.

Q: What is the Corruption Prevention Management Test (CPMT)?

The AACI:  The CPMT is an online test authored by and copyrighted to The AACI. It is the core of the organizations' anti-corruption certification program. Except for the CACM members of The AACI, the CPMT is not available to individuals; it is only available to organizations ( private, public, or nonprofit) seeking to get certified through the organization anti-corruption certification program. As the exam unit of The AACI administers it, we use third party software to deliver the CPMT (software provider).

Q: What are the benefits of getting an organization certified?

The AACI: The certification process enables those charged with governance of the organization to:

Evaluate and measure relevant corruption prevention knowledge competencies of the board members, senior management and employees.

Identify the strengths and weaknesses of the entity's corruption prevention knowledge that is necessary for preventing fraud and corruption.

Select appropriate responses to address identified corruption prevention knowledge weaknesses.

Set apart the organization as taking the risks of fraud and corruption seriously from those that do not.

Support the board members, executive management, and other decision makers to meet their fiduciary and legal duties.

Support organizations to show their sincere duty of care efforts to protect the interests of all stakeholders.

Help those charged with governance to set a proper tone at the top.

Support an effective implementation of and compliance with corporate governance code or principles.

Support an effective implementation of comprehensive anti-corruption policy, internal control and processes, and code of ethics (conduct).

Support the organizations to comply effectively with the requirements of ISO 37001: anti-bribery management systems.

Grandfathering CACM Certification Path

The AACI Advisory Board approved a grandfather CACM certification path for eligible candidates. Except that the CACM candidate will not sit for the CACM Online exam, all the remainder eligibility requirements are still valid, required and expected to be completed by a CACM candidate before (s)he becomes qualified as a CACM.