TitleAnti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Policy |
InstitutionNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED TECHNICAL & MANAGEMENT STUDIES |
Websiteniatm-edu.com |
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Short NameNIATM |
Policy TypeAnti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Policy |
The following conditions apply to NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED TECHNICAL & MANAGEMENT STUDIES (NIATM) at all times.
NIATM has an Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Policy in place. It is the responsibility of all concerned persons, including learners, staff members, faculty members, assessors, consultants, contractors, and associated stakeholders, to read, understand, and comply with this policy.
NIATM reserves the right to cancel an interview date, change the date, or change the invigilator or relevant academic or administrative authority prior to the commencement of an interview, assessment, verification, or related academic event of a learner, where such action becomes necessary. Such changes will only be made after other reasonable options have been exhausted and where it would be impossible or detrimental to proceed as originally planned.
An interview, assessment, or related process may also be cancelled if the learner’s course fee is found unpaid in accordance with the applicable course terms. This policy applies to all learners at all times and at all stages, including assessments, during their qualification or course lifecycle.
NIATM recognizes that scenarios involving attempts to bribe or corrupt invigilators, faculty members, academic staff, administrative staff, assessors, or other operational staff are expected to be rare. However, to maintain transparency, integrity, and institutional fairness, NIATM sets out this policy clearly for learners and all other stakeholders.
This policy is issued in the interest of complete transparency and is intended to ensure that every learner, staff member, and stakeholder understands the standards expected by the institute.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED TECHNICAL & MANAGEMENT STUDIES (NIATM) is committed to maintaining the highest level of ethical standards in the conduct of its academic, administrative, and institutional activities and to act professionally, fairly, honestly, and with integrity in all its dealings.
While recognizing that the direct risk of bribery or corruption may be low in many academic situations, NIATM remains fully committed to implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls to ensure that bribery and corruption have no part in how the institute conducts its affairs.
Acts of bribery or corruption are designed to influence an individual in the performance of his or her duty and to incline that person to act in a manner that a reasonable person would consider dishonest, improper, biased, or unfair in the circumstances.
Bribery may be defined as offering, promising, or giving a financial or other advantage to another person with the intention of inducing or rewarding that person to act, or for having acted, in a way which a reasonable person would consider improper in the circumstances.
Corruption refers broadly to any form of abuse of entrusted power for private gain and may include, but is not limited to, bribery.
Bribes are not always limited to the direct exchange of cash. Gifts, hospitality, entertainment, favors, job offers, special treatment, or any other form of benefit can amount to bribery if they are intended to improperly influence a decision or outcome.
NIATM strictly prohibits the offering, giving, solicitation, request, or acceptance of any bribe or corrupt inducement, whether in cash or in any other form.
For faculty members, assessors, internal quality assurers, academic staff, non-academic staff, consultants, agents, contractors, learners, and all other associated persons, such prohibited inducements include but are not limited to the following:
Where any modest hospitality is unavoidable in a legitimate institutional setting, it must remain reasonable, transparent, and not capable of influencing or appearing to influence any decision. Wherever possible, institutional representatives should avoid accepting such hospitality where it may create doubt, discomfort, or reputational concern.
Learners who are to be taught, assessed, interviewed, verified, or otherwise evaluated will be informed of this policy in advance of relevant events, wherever applicable.
NIATM will investigate thoroughly any actual or suspected breach of this policy or of the spirit of this policy. Any such investigation will be handled seriously and fairly, and appropriate action will be taken as required in accordance with institutional procedures, disciplinary rules, and applicable law.
Where necessary, the institute may take immediate interim action to protect the integrity of assessments, academic processes, institutional decisions, and stakeholder interests while an investigation is ongoing.
The effectiveness of this policy will be reviewed periodically by the appropriate institutional authority, governing body, or designated reviewing authority and updated where necessary.
Internal control systems, compliance procedures, and related administrative processes may also be subject to audit, review, or internal monitoring in order to ensure the continuing effectiveness of this policy.
All staff members, faculty members, assessors, consultants, learners, and associated stakeholders of NIATM are expected to uphold the principles of honesty, fairness, transparency, neutrality, and accountability in all institutional interactions.
No person associated with the institute may seek to obtain an improper advantage, nor may any person offer or accept an improper benefit in connection with teaching, assessment, admission, administration, certification, verification, academic support, or any other institutional function.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED TECHNICAL & MANAGEMENT STUDIES (NIATM)
Website: niatm-edu.com
Email: info@niatm-edu.com