Prevention of Fraud, Bribery and Corruption Framework
Bath Spa University is committed to ethical standards of business conduct and adopts a zero-tolerance approach to fraud, bribery and corruption.
The University will uphold all relevant laws for countering fraud, bribery and corruption including the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 and the Bribery Act 2010.
The University has a number of policies and procedures which support us in preventing, detecting and reporting fraud, bribery and corruption.
The University is committed to ensuring that it has reasonable prevention procedures in place:
- Prevention of Fraud, Bribery and Corruption Policy and Procedures
- Whistleblowing Policy
- Conflicts of Interest Policy
- Gifts and Hospitality Policy
- Reportable Events Policy
- Ethical Fundraising Policy
- Financial Regulations.
Contact us
If a member of the University staff or a student (but also anyone else, including a member of the public) has a concern that an incident of fraud may have occurred, they can contact us in the following ways:
If you think an incident of fraud may have occurred, or there is a risk of fraud occurring, please email us at fraudprevention@bathspa.ac.uk.
Alternatively, you may wish to raise a concern under our Whistleblowing and Third Party Concerns Policy and Procedures (see above). Please email us at governance@bathspa.ac.uk.
If you have any general queries related to fraud and fraud prevention please email fraudprevention@bathspa.ac.uk.