+ Transparency International, Global Corruption Report, 2006. This covers active corruption, such as bribery, and passive corruption, or allowing oneself to be bribed, as well as misappropriation. Transparency International (TI) defines corruption as the abuse of power or position for private gain. However, it is also important to recognise that adopting a proactive and transparent approach to dealing with corruption may involve short-term risks to an NGOs reputation.
Mitigating against corruption is necessary if NGOs are to achieve both operational efficiency and accountability to their stakeholders.
They also need to identify what mechanisms need to be put in place or strengthened to guard against corruption, even in the most difficult contexts. Humanitarian actors need to understand what corruption is, recognise the forms it can take in humanitarian response, determine its true scale and better understand the conditions which lead to it. Corruption is a sensitive issue in the NGO world.
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