The Whistleblowing Course: Whistleblowing Channel Manager It equips you to manage whistleblowing channels within organisations effectively and ethically – an area that is becoming increasingly important in today’s business environment. With the implementation of the Whistleblowing Directive in Spain and the increased criminal liability of legal persons, companies are seeking professionals capable of ensuring transparency and regulatory compliance. During the course, you will develop skills in compliance management, data protection, anti-money laundering and anti-bribery management systems, amongst other areas. You will learn how to set up and manage internal reporting channels, ensuring a working environment sure y fair. This online course addresses the growing demand in the labour market for experts in regulatory compliance and corporate ethics, giving you the chance to excel in a booming sector.
Whistleblowing: Whistleblowing Channel Manager
Compliance
30 hours
Introduction
Objectives
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Understanding the concept and the whistleblowing regulations in Spain.
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To identify the criminal liability of legal persons.
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Assess restrictive practices and compliance programmes.
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To analyse measures to combat money laundering and terrorism.
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To get to know principles y regulations data protection.
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Implement anti-bribery management systems in accordance with ISO 37000.
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Manage channels for complaints in accordance with ISO 37002.
Table of Contents
TEACHING UNIT 1. WHISTLEBLOWING
1. What is whistleblowing?
2. Whistleblowing Directive
3. Transposition of the whistleblowing legislation in Spain
TEACHING UNIT 2. CRIMINAL LIABILITY OF LEGAL PERSONS: CRITERIA FOR APPLICATION, MITIGATION AND EXEMPTION
1. Introduction: Reforms following Organic Laws 5/2010 and 1/2015
2. Extending criminal liability to legal persons
3. Section 319 of the Criminal Code
4. Compatibility of criminal and administrative penalties. The “ne bis in idem” principle”
5. Legal persons in criminal law
6. Attribution of liability to a legal person
7. Definition of offences attributable to legal persons
8. Penalties applicable to legal persons
9. Criminal proceedings
TEACHING UNIT 3. FREE COMPETITION AND COMPLIANCE
1. Introduction to Competition Law
2. Practices that restrict competition
3. The Merger Control Regime
4. State aid
5. Possible consequences arising from breaches of competition law
6. Why and how should a Competition Compliance Programme be established?
7. Prevention of market abuse
8. Market abuse and the concept of market abuse
9. Reporting of suspicious transactions
TEACHING UNIT 4. MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING
1. Prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing: Basic concepts
2. Regulations and organisations
3. Due Diligence Measures and Procedures
4. Obligated parties
5. Disclosure obligations
TEACHING UNIT 5. PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA WITHIN THE ORGANISATION
1. Personal Data Protection: Basic Concepts
2. General principles of data protection
3. National data protection legislation in the country of reference
TEACHING UNIT 6. ANTI-BRIBERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (ISO 37000:2016)
1. Concept and objectives of the ISO 37000 standard
2. Benefits for Organisations
3. Scope of action
4. Policies and Procedures
5. Process Controls
6. Organisational controls
7. Code of Ethics
8. Culture of Compliance
9. Managing an audit programme
10. Guidelines for the Audit of Management Systems
TEACHING UNIT 7. COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (ISO 37301)
1. An Introduction to ISO 37301
2. Key aspects of ISO 37301
3. Organisational context
4. Leadership
5. Planning
6. Support
7. Operations
8. Performance appraisal
TEACHING UNIT 8. WHISTLEBLOWING CHANNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (ISO 37002)
1. Scope of the standard
2. Key aspects of ISO 37002
3. Organisational context
4. Leadership
5. Planning
6. Support
7. Operations
8. Performance appraisal
TEACHING UNIT 9. INVESTIGATIONS AND COMPLAINTS WITHIN THE COMPANY
1. The need to set up a whistleblowing scheme within the company
2. Set up an internal reporting channel
3. Management of the internal reporting channel
4. Receiving and handling complaints
5. How to deal with complaints
6. Investigation of a complaint
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