How We Operate

We provide expert investigators and other specialists to predict, prevent and respond to your ethical risks and liabilities.

We are agile, responsive and highly capable

When we engage with you, you get our full and undivided attention. We know that a personalised service drives better outcomes. You will have a top team and a dedicated manager.

OSACO's approach and methodology is two-fold

The majority of damaging ethical risks and human behaviour in organisations are predictable and often entirely preventable.
  • Predictive and preventative
  • Reactive and responsive
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Assess & Evaluate

Assess & Evaluate

  • Organisation-wide oversight
  • Compliance health checks
  • Proactive reviews
  • As-is assessments
  • Gap analyses
  • First response assessments
  • Situation reporting
  • Preliminary investigations
Establish the Facts

Establish The Facts

  • In-depth administrative and internal investigations
  • Staff misconduct
  • Fraud
  • Theft
  • Corruption
  • Abuse of position
  • Exploitation
  • Assist, mentor and support internal investigative teams
  • IT forensics
  • Forensic scene examination & evidence handling
  • Forensic accounting
Learn The Lessons

Learn The Lessons

  • Reporting and recommendations
  • Root cause analyses
  • Evaluations, oversight and compliance structures
  • Policies and procedures
  • Operating models
  • International standards
  • International compliance
  • Audit & analysis
Plan and Fix

Plan And Fix

  • Remedial program planning
  • Project planning & consulting
  • Support & additional resourcing for internal teams
  • Project support or leadership
  • Strategic audit planning
  • International standards accreditation
Improve and Embed

Improve And Embed

  • Capacity Planning
  • Training
  • Specialist Recruitment
  • Resource supplementation
  • Culture change initiatives
  • Organisational Change
  • Documentation of authoring and internal policy guidelines
  • SoPS Policies & procedures
  • Documentation & Frameworks
Anticipate & Protect

Anticipate & Protect

  • Vulnerability and resilience assessments
  • Contingency Planning
  • Procedures Development
  • Risk assessment studies
  • Risk co-ordination and management
  • Response action plans
  • Scenario plannig
  • Asset & brand IP strategies
  • Operational enforcement assessments

We understand the context in which you operate

OSACO team members have lived, worked, conducted and managed ethical risks and liability investigations and other services in the places where you are. We understand your on-the-ground realities. We also work in headquarters' locations and have a good working understanding of the needs of any organisation, its regulations and stakeholders.

Our specialisation and focus are to conduct effective investigations not for you, but ‘with’ you.