Mike Comer is Managing Director of Cobasco Group Ltd a UK-based consultancy specialising in the prevention, detection and investigation of corporate fraud. Mike is running a two-day course on November 20 and 21 on ‘Corruption of Bribery’ ahead of publication by Gower of his latest book, titled Bribery and Corruption, co-authored with Timothy Stephens, and sub-titled How to be an impeccable and profitable corporate citizen.
For more details of the course, run by Informa at The Hatton in London, visit –
http://www.ibclegal.com/event/corruption-of-bribery-course
About Mike’s books
Mike Comer has written six books on fraud which have been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, German, Thai and Chinese. Corporate Fraud III was released by Gower in August 1997; in 2003, Gower published Investigating Corporate Fraud.
More about the book
Mike says he is ofering assertive managerial rather than timorous legal solutions to anti-bribery and related laws. He aims to explain how processes can be tested – using automated fraud detection software – to expose current cases of fraud and corruption or to provide assurance that controls are functioning as intended.
Contents
Foreword, The Hon Kenneth Mutt KC; Noble cause corruption; Part 1 Background on Corruption Laws: A bit of dodgy history; The main conventions; UK and US regulatory agencies. Part 2 The Bribery Act 2010 and Friends: Objectives and limitations; Main sections of the Act; Enforcement, penalties and sentencing; Other relevant UK legislation and guidelines; US and worldwide legislation and guidelines. Part 3 The Taxonomy of Corruption: Introduction to a universal problem; Sectoral corruption; The mechanics of corruption; Examples of high risk processes and contexts. Part 4 Risk Assessment: Introduction and the nature of risk: Preparation and catalogues; Common pre-conditional factors; Evaluation tools and techniques. Part 5 Exposing Corruption: Introduction and background; Critical point auditing; Manual tests. Part 6 Effective Baseline Controls: Introduction on the nature of controls; Control tools and misconceptions; Ownership and the tone from the top; Budgets, policies and procedures; Due diligence , integrity reporting and contingency planning; Contractual controls and personnel procedures; Accounting procedures, fidelity and insurance. Part 7 Additional Controls: Introduction, principles and policies; Additional anti-corruption strategies; dealing with corruption; Facilitation payments, gifts and third party agents; Joint ventures, acquisitions and IPOs; Other projects and controls. Part 8 Internal and Regulatory Investigations: Background and strategy to internal investigations; Key elements and case handling; Regulatory investigations; Negotiating settlements and going to court; Index.
