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Description

Bribery Risk Mapping: Building the Map, Scoring Scenarios and Assessing Third Parties

A risk map refreshed every year, yet nobody can say which controls it actually produced

  • 1 day — 7 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Intermediate
  • Up to 6 participants

Bribery risk maps are often built once and then copied forward. Scenarios stay generic, scoring is undocumented, and operational departments do not recognise their own activity in the result. On the supplier side, questionnaires are sent to everyone without distinction and come back incomplete, with no one clear on what to do with the answers.

One day to take on both workstreams together: identifying scenarios by process and by geography, scoring them with a defensible rationale, connecting each scenario to a control plan, then designing third-party due diligence that is proportionate to risk. Each participant leaves with a scoring template and a due diligence grid.

Learning objectives

  • Identify the bribery scenarios specific to each of the organisation's processes
  • Score the severity and likelihood of scenarios using a reasoned scale
  • Link every scored scenario to existing or required control measures
  • Segment third parties by risk level in order to calibrate due diligence
  • Build a third-party assessment questionnaire that buyers can actually use
  • Organise the periodic update of the risk map and the traceability of decisions

What makes this programme different

Scenarios are built from the real processes brought in by participants
A scoring scale tested on deliberately conflicting cases through to arbitration
A tiered due diligence grid ready to plug into a procurement process

Programme

1Identifying the scenarios

Going down to process level

  • Breakdown by process: procurement
  • sales and support functions
  • Exposure linked to countries of operation and the use of intermediaries
  • Recurring situations involving gifts
  • hospitality and sponsorship
  • Interviews with operational teams to surface the real scenarios

2Scoring and the control plan

A score you can defend

  • Severity and likelihood scales and their supporting criteria
  • Taking account of controls already in place
  • Prioritisation and interpretation of residual risk
  • Formalising the action plan and the follow-up arrangements

3Third-party assessment

Matching due diligence to risk

  • Third-party segmentation and the triggers for enhanced review
  • Questionnaire and supporting documents required at each tier
  • Documentary verification and the search for early warning signals
  • Onboarding decision and protective contractual clauses

Who is it for

Compliance officers · internal controllers · buyers · auditors and project leads responsible for risk mapping or third-party assessment.

Prerequisites

Familiarity with the core principles of an anti-bribery programme or experience in a procurement | compliance or audit role.

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.