Case studies
Certification - CAC 40 Group
The subsidiary of a Group specialized in aerospace and defense has asked ADIT to certify its anticorruption compliance program.
This certification evaluates the maturity level and effectiveness of the entity’s aforementioned program. The ADIT 2018 benchmark used within this framework is comprised of over 200 control points. All of them have been elaborated in order to comply with the legislative requirements, such as the Sapin II law, UKBA, FCPA, etc., and take into account some specificities issued from the jurisprudence and official guidelines. These control points are based on the five categories of the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), as well as on the international best practices and standards and reference standards such as ISO 37001.
The certification procedure is divided into four steps. First, interviews with the key people in the compliance, sales, business, legal, etc., departments aim to understand the entity’s environment and to assess the effectiveness of the compliance program. Then, the document review enables to verify the relevance of the implemented measures in view of the requirements and risks specific to the entity. This step is followed by the analysis of the business partners’ files which enables to focus on the risk areas regarding the management of third parties. Finally, payments made to third parties are sampled and checked based on account extracts. The aim is to verify the accounting and justifications.
At the end of this audit, the entity can either be certified, certified under the condition it implements corrective measures or not certified at all. ADIT works with the entity to better its compliance procedure.
Country Guides - Multinational Company
It is essential to have the best knowledge possible of a country’s legislative, regulatory and case laws characteristics and specificities, as well as of its customs, for a compliant business approach of each market. Therefore, a major player in the aerospace industry trusts ADIT with the drafting of “Country guides” which will allow it to gather a set of rules regarding the prevention of bribery, and identify and regulate the risks involved, on different countries.
These guides describe the legislation in regards to corruption, the regulations governing public tenders, the laws and practices regarding the use of business consultants in the relevant country and the rules on gifts and hospitality.
This information have to help the operational teams to make a decision complying with the current laws, rules and customs.
ADIT tailors the “Country guides” to the specific sector and needs of each company.
ADIT supports Regions, Metropolises and groups of communes through its territorial business intelligence approach
It is a question of having an offensive and strategic approach of a territory, its sectors, its clusters of excellence and helping the economic actors to arm themselves to be export-ready under the umbrella of local actors. For example, ADIT Pays de la Loire carried out business intelligence missions for the Pays de la Loire’s SMEs, notably for export support. This program was co-financed by the ERDF and the Pays de la Loire Regional Council between July 2014 and March 2018.
ADIT Poitou-Charentes
ADIT Poitou-Charentes carried out business intelligence missions for SMEs of the Poitou-Charentes region. This program was co-financed by the ERDF and the Nouvelle Aquitaine Regional Council between January 2015 and June 2018.
