Corruption and bribery are issues that not only affect the public sector but the private sector as well. Also, private organizations are frequently victimized by unscrupulous employees. In many cases the organizations tend to focus their efforts on the detection and investigation and do not assign sufficient resources to prevention, resulting in higher costs and less effective results.

The principal research into the causes of White Collar Crime determined that there are three basic elements present in the majority of the cases. One of them, possibly the most important, is "Rationalism". Through this resource, the perpetrator finds the way to assimilate the act as his "own ethics code".

The Ethics Programs have been shown to be very effective in presenting rationale for employees or public servants to avoid the temptation of committing dishonest acts; therefore its implementation is considered a very necessary preventive measure.

The Division of Expert Consultants, acting in coordination with the Training Division, has designed and implemented Ethics and Anti-corruption Programs in agencies of the public sector and private organizations in various countries in the Americas.

Other Specialized Divisions:

• Investigations
  
• Physical Security and Executive Protection
  
• Systems Development
  
• Restructuring of Management Controls and Corporate Governance
  
• Personnel Training
  
• Forensic Auditing and Compliance