Integrity Action is an organisation and an active network of committed NGOs, universities and policy makers, working closely with governments, media organisations, businesses and our peers to identify ways of making integrity work in some of the world’s challenging settings.
We believe that… read more integrity offers the single largest opportunity for the advancement of equitable and sustainable development worldwide. We view integrity as the set of characteristics that improves trustworthiness to stakeholders. Without integrity, measures to safeguard human rights, protect the environment, strengthen democracy, promote social equity and reduce poverty are compromised. In the absence of integrity the corrupt flourish.
VISION
Our vision is for a just and equitable world, where citizens are empowered and integrity is central to vibrant societies.
MISSION
Our mission is to empower citizens to act with and demand integrity, actively taking part in building institutions to promote a state that is open, accountable and responsive to their needs and expectations.
In our approach, institutionalising integrity requires the alignment of four factors:
Accountability: Enabling stakeholders to check that we do what we say we do
Competence: Doing it well
Core values: Doing it with honour
Corruption control: Doing it without corruption
OBJECTIVES
Deliver high-impact, locally-driven, scalable responses to concrete integrity challenges through collaborative partnerships, local problem solving, capacity development and the mobilisation of a critical mass of integrity builders;
Conduct action learning by gathering empirical evidence, supporting policy research, peer exchanges and independent evaluation, sharing tools and knowledge widely through networks of civil society organisations, universities, training institutions and media partners;
Engage with policy makers, citizens and institutional leaders, accessing information and advocating for policies and practices, and setting new integrity standards, where needed;
Strengthen our partners and Integrity Action as vibrant organisations that are fit for purpose and growth.