Our services in detail
Compliance Risk Management Services
We assist clients to develop and implement practical compliance risk management processes in line with approved standards such as the Generally Accepted Compliance Practice by the Compliance Institute of South Africa (the GACP) and the ISO 19600 Standard on Compliance Management, with a focus on the following processes; – Develop a compliance universe and profile. – Develop compliance risk management plans (CRMP’s). – Conduct compliance audits and monitoring. – Awareness and compliance training. – Advise and assist with implementation.
Ethics Risk Management Services
We assist clients to manage ethics in a structured manner with a focus on the following components; – Leadership commitment and governance structures Review and advice on mandates and terms of reference of governance structures and committees to demonstrate commitment to ethics, clarify and integrate ethics roles, in line with corporate governance practice guidelines. – Ethics Management. Assist the organization to develop and follow the following five steps of the ethics management process; 1. Conduct an ethics risk assessment to provide the organisation with an understanding of unethical behaviours and practices that could place it at risk and identify opportunities that could be used to further entrench ethical behaviour. Determine the ethics risks profile of the organization. 2.Ethics strategy development: – After the risk assessment a strategy to manage ethics is developed. 3.Code of Ethics and policies: – After the risk assessment a review of existing code of ethics or code of conduct and ethics related policies is conducted to address emerging ethics risks identified through the risk assessment and to incorporate changes necessitated by the risk assessment. 4.Institutionalisation of ethics: – Guidance on practical steps to take to institutionalise and improve the culture of ethics, such as ethics management processes, awareness and training, ethics advice lines and safe reporting mechanisms such as Hotlines. 5.Monitoring and reporting: – Guidance on assessment of adherence to ethical standards and reporting thereon to the relevant internal structures such as the Social and Ethics Committee and development of reporting tools and protocols. – Independent assessment and external reporting on ethics: – We conduct an independent assessment of ethics management processes to ascertain adequacy and effectiveness. Assist internal audit teams in assessing the adequacy and effectiveness of ethics management functions. Guidance on how and what to report to external stakeholders on ethics. – Ethics training: We design and customise training for specific sectors and for different levels from Top management to staff. Our training includes training for ethics champions.
Fraud Risk Management and Forensic Services
FRAUD RISK MANAGEMENT SERVICES – Fraud risk identification and assessment: We conduct a fraud risk assessment and identify risks related to fraud facing the organization and develop fraud risks registers. – Fraud prevention and detection policies and strategies: We develop fraud prevention and detection policies and strategies to decrease the motive, restrict the opportunity to commit fraud and incorporate fraud detection techniques such as analytics and other measures to highlight anomalies and introduce mechanisms for reporting suspected fraudulent acts as well as a fraud response plan. – Awareness and fraud training: We develop customised fraud awareness and training programs. The awareness programs include inter alia fraud risk management strategies, policies and procedures and are aimed at, inter alia, increasing the perception of detection. GENERAL FORENSIC SERVICES: – Background checks and verification. – Identity verification. – Education and certification checks. – Criminal records checks. – Drivers License verification. – Employee background screening. – Work Permits or or Permanent. -Residence Verification. – Vendor Vetting. – CCMA Checks. – CIPC checks. – Deeds searches. FORENSIC INVESTIGATIONS: – Fraud Investigation. – General forensic investigation into alleged fraud, corruption and theft. – Preparation of evidence for criminal, civil litigation. -Supply Chain or Tender Fraud investigations. – Testifying in court. – Employee fraud and misconduct investigation. -Investigation of employee misconduct for disciplinary inquiry. – Qualifications fraud investigation Investigation of fraudulent qualifications.