Compliance with the 2010 Bribery Act is in everyone’s best interest. It sets an ethical standard for UK businesses, both at home and abroad. And promotes fair trade between organisations – creating a healthy, competitive economy for us all. Charging a nominal fee for this basic version of the toolkit would dilute its impact. So we only charge if you decide to custom-build your own system.
The toolkit works offline once added to your device, so users can get answers in any environment – even WI-FI blackspots, like many government buildings overseas.
None at all. This basic toolkit is free to use, and we have no plans to charge in the future – except for custom additions.
As many as needed. Some people need it every day, others once a month, or less. So it’s there whenever it’s needed, with no upper limit.
We suggest that you try it out, then share it with a few of your senior colleagues. Let them get a feel for it, then decide: how do you want to bring the toolkit into your business?
If you want to roll out the basic toolkit to everyone, that’s okay. Or take the next step and customise – it’s all up to you.
You’ll have access to our basic guidance, via a simple spreadsheet. Here you can amend, add or delete at will, to bring the guidance into line with your own policies.
Once you’ve specified your changes, we upload the content to an editable database: an online tool that you can use once the system launches, to manage future changes as and when you need.
You manage this internally, so your HR and legal people will have a role to play. However, we’ll advise on structure, to place new content carefully within the storyboard – making sure staff can find answers without getting lost in the content.
Content-wise, there are no restrictions – you can change anything you see. Change the advice itself, like switching from SAY YES to SAY NO. Change the explanations behind any decision. Or change the drop-down menus, to introduce your own scenarios. It’s all up to you.
Yes we can provide additional languages free of charge.
If you want to include a policy, you can add it as regular text – or if the document is already online, simply add a link.
From the point of handover, you are responsible for your own content. You won’t receive any updates from the IBE. So your HR team should be on “alert” – ready to update guidance in response to changing laws.
We’ll work with your IT department to make sure the system is set up securely. Then from the point of launch, you’ll have 3 months free technical support to manage any bugs or fixes you identify. Then we can arrange further support if needed.
That’s a point for discussion with your IT people. Typically, we’d host the whole system on our own secure servers. This safeguards the website, mobile app, database and admin area. However, if you prefer to host the database yourself, we can move it across to your internal servers or intranet.
Once you give us the go-ahead, we work to an eight week timeline. Our main tasks are completed within the first two weeks, then we allow four extra weeks for you to tailor the content. This is followed by two weeks of testing, feedback and deployment.