IFIA is an association of companies whose business is to verify their clients’, or third parties', products, services or systems.

The value that IFIA Members provide to their clients is trust. For this reason IFIA has chosen to adopt and implement a Compliance Code that enshrines the substance of the integrity that IFIA membership stands for. The code consists of two documents, The IFIA Compliance Code, Third Edition, April 2007 and the IFIA Compliance Code: Guidelines on Implementation, rev. 1, January 2008.

The Compliance Principles address technical and business professional conduct and ethics in relation to the following areas:

• Integrity
• Conflicts of interest
• Confidentiality
• Anti-bribery
• Fair marketing

It is a condition of IFIA membership that Members implement and abide by the Compliance Code. This entails:

• approval of the Member’s implementation by IFIA
• a Compliance Programme throughout the Member’s organisation
• policies and procedures in accordance with the Code
• training of staff globally, and
• regular monitoring of compliance with the Code

The result is a sound and verified basis for trust.

To ensure the effectiveness of their implementation, Members are required to submit their Compliance Programme to an annual independent examination whose results are reported to IFIA. To assist this process IFIA publishes the document IFIA Guidance Checklist for Members’ Internal Compliance Audits.

To assist Members in training their staff in compliance issues, IFIA publishes the IFIA Compliance Training Guide.

IFIA Members are encouraged to make use of www.BRIBEline.org (Business Registry for International Bribery and Extortion) to report, anonymously, bribe demands by government officials.

Compliance issues are monitored by the Compliance Committee whose members are listed below:

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