TI is partly funded by private sector companies, some of which have in the past even been implicated in high-profile corruption cases. Doesn this compromise TIs independence?
First, TI alone determines its programmes and activities: no donor has any input into TI’s policies. Of course, if donors don’t like what TI is doing, donors can withdraw their funding. We publish all the donors’ names in our annual report, which is available on our website.TI has a very diverse income structure, and donations from all private sector companies currently account for about two percent of our total budget. There are several companies among those contributing to our budget that have in the past been involved in high-profile corruption cases. TI works within the private sector in an attempt to reduce supply side bribery and it is not TI’s aim to condemn companies with a questionable past. The stronger their commitment to a no-bribes future, the better for everyone – but it is their responsibility, and theirs alone, to match their words with appropriate action in every country where their company is doing business.Yet TI works on the understanding that these companies have b
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