The American Anti-Corruption Institute (AACI)
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The American Anti-Corruption Institute (AACI)
The American Anti-Corruption Institute (AACI) is an international professional institution advancing corruption prevention, governance accountability, and the responsible exercise of entrusted authority.
The AACI develops professional concepts, principles, standards, research, publications, certification programs, and learning initiatives that enable decision-makers, executive management, public officials, and those charged with governance to strengthen internal control, elevate the tone at the top, and reduce institutional exposure to fraud and corruption.
What The AACI Develops
- Professional concepts and thought leadership
- Principles and Standards on Fighting Corruption
- Research, commentary, and publications
- Certification programs and learning initiatives
- University, conference, and institutional engagement
Areas of Focus
- Governance and tone at the top
- Internal control and corruption prevention
- Transparency, disclosure, and whistleblowing
- Anti-money laundering and financial crime risks
- Decision-making, accountability, and emerging technologies
Professional Certification Programs
The AACI certification programs are one way The AACI advances its mission by enabling individuals and organizations to develop the competence, judgment, and accountability required to deter, prevent, and respond to fraud and corruption.
Certified Anti-Corruption Expert Manager (CACEM)
The AACI launched a higher-level anti-corruption certification program: Certified Anti-Corruption Expert Manager (CACEM). The certification process engages candidates in intensive high-profile anti-corruption case analysis.
It empowers them to implement the Principles of Fighting Corruption and Standards on Fighting Corruption (SFCs) by applying critical thinking to real public corruption cases, scandals, current news, published research, or investigations.
The program extends for five-to-ten months and is conducted online through the Zoom video platform. Successful attainment of CACEM status requires a minimum score of 75%.
Certified Anti-Corruption Manager (CACM)
Certified Anti-Corruption Manager (CACM) is a premier international qualification for management, designed to equip decision-makers with the knowledge and skills required to fight fraud and corruption from a management position.
The AACI is the only global institute providing a rigorous and disciplined scheme to qualify management to fight corruption. The CACM is not technical, yet it builds on management science and the practical skills management already uses.
Certified Anti-Corruption Fellow (CACF)
Universities and Academic Institutions
The Certified Anti-Corruption Fellow (CACF) distinguishes students who are qualified to prevent, deter, and detect corruption. It is a global certification process focused mainly on corruption prevention and informed by the United Nations Convention Against Corruption.
Certified Anti-Corruption Fellow (CACF)
Professionals
A shorter anti-corruption certification option for professionals who do not opt for CACM. It offers a more limited commitment in cost, time, and subject matter, including a one-day certification format.
Certified Anti-Corruption Entity (CACE) ®©
Certified Anti-Corruption Entity (CACE) ®© is an institutional diagnostic that measures corruption exposure arising from anti-corruption knowledge intelligence exercised at the level of organizational authority.
CACE does not certify integrity, compliance, or governance quality. It gives boards and senior leadership a structured, non-comparative view of how corruption risk may materialize despite formal controls and policies.
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