Editorial Team; February 20, 2026
Boards and senior officers rarely fail because corruption is invisible. They fail because critical questions were not asked early enough — at the level where authority is exercised.
Anti-Corruption Intelligence (ACI) — a proprietary concept embedded in the Certified Anti-Corruption Manager (CACM) framework — defines the essential governance knowledge decision-makers must possess to deter, prevent, detect, and help correct corruption within their institutions.
ACI integrates:
- The AACI Ten Principles of Fighting Corruption
- Effective internal control
- Governance accountability
- Fraud and corruption risk awareness
- Whistleblowing architecture
- Disciplined, evidence-based decision-making
The CACM framework is founded on internationally recognized anti-corruption standards, including UNCAC, the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, FATF, COSO, and The AACI’s Standards on Fighting Corruption.
This is not theoretical compliance.
Without structured Anti-Corruption Intelligence at the board and executive level:
- Compliance risks are becoming procedural rather than protective.
- Oversight becomes reactive rather than preventive.
- Accountability becomes personal when governance safeguards fail.
Directors who institutionalize ACI do not delegate corruption risk downward. They develop the capacity to challenge assumptions, question control weaknesses, and evaluate corruption exposure before it escalates.
Integrity without intelligence is vulnerable.
Intelligence without governance discipline is ineffective.
Embedding Anti-Corruption Intelligence transforms integrity from a statement of intent into a measurable governance safeguard.
As The AACI consistently emphasizes:
Fighting corruption is an ongoing, results-oriented process.
