Verification candidates for positions vulnerable to corruption risks

Today, we will continue sharing recommendations on screening candidates for positions vulnerable to corruption risks. And we will focus on the criteria by which a company should create a list of positions vulnerable to corruption.

 Of course, the criteria for including a position in such a list is that one belongs to the management team in the company's organizational structure, but at the same time, one should not forget about the employees' job responsibilities. Thus, a position should be included in the list of positions vulnerable to corruption if its functions include the following:

• communication with state authorities, local governments, and state-owned enterprises;

 

• Disposal and management of company’s funds and assets in general or within certain limits, disposal of funds to pay for the services of contractors and suppliers, use of hospitality expenses, etc.;

 

• selection and decision-making on approval of contractors and suppliers in general or in certain areas or within specific budgets, conclusion and enforcement of contracts with them, acceptance of deliveries, results of work and services (signing acts, other primary documents, etc.);

 

• making decisions on granting preferences or additional benefits/guarantees to the company's employees, making decisions on bringing to liability (disciplinary and financial), reviewing remuneration conditions, dismissal and transfer of the company's employees to other positions;

 

• making managerial decisions, including if the candidate appointed to the position will be solely responsible for a specific area or will be solely delegated a specific function;

 

• making decisions on raising funds and other assets from financial, banking, or other entities;
• making decisions on detecting, preventing, and combating corruption, internal audit, internal security, other monitoring and control and verification issues, and controlling the activities of the company's employees;
• conducting internal and external audits on specific issues or in certain areas and/or making decisions based on the results of such audits;

 

• making decisions and/or granting preferences/discounts/special commercial terms, etc., to the company's suppliers or customers/contractors;

 

• making decisions on the company's participation in procurement, including public procurement, and on the company's supply of goods/services/works to customers in general or in certain areas or within certain budgets, etc., on the selection of customers/contractors;

 

• making decisions on the creation and storage of intellectual property;

 

• handling claims and lawsuits.

 

These criteria are not exhaustive - the company may apply other criteria that it deems necessary in view of the scope and specificity of its activities and depending on its needs.

 

The basis for this post is the Methodological Recommendations of the National Agency for Corruption Prevention, which UNIC experts helped to prepare. Read more about the inspections https://bit.ly/3DQO9xP