| Define integrity violations?
TWO defines integrity violations as any acts which violate Anticorruption Policy, including:
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Corrupt practice: the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting, directly or indirectly, anything of value to influence improperly the actions of another party (e.g. bribery, kickbacks, extortion, bid manipulation)
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Fraudulent practice: any action or omission, including a misrepresentation, that knowingly or recklessly misleads, or attempts to mislead, a party to obtain a financial or other benefit or to avoid an obligation (e.g. fraudulent claims like consultant timesheet, airfare, receipts/invoices; using lower rate personnel to perform work at higher rates; providing lower quality goods; false documents like curriculum vitae, bid security/bank guarantees, work certificates, financial statements, fictitious bids/”borrowing” names of firms; misrepresentation of education background or full-time employment status)
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Collusive practice: an arrangement between two or more parties designed to achieve an improper purpose, including influencing improperly the actions of another party (e.g. leaking of bid information, rigged specifications)
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Coercive practice: impairing or harming, or threatening to impair or harm, directly or indirectly, any party or its property to influence improperly the actions of a party.
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Obstructive practice is:
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deliberately destroying, falsifying, altering or concealing of evidence material to any investigation;
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making false statements to investigators in order to materially impede any investigation;
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threatening, harassing or intimidating any party to prevent it from disclosing its knowledge of matters relevant to the investigation or from pursuing the investigation, or
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Materially impeding any legal contractual rights of audit or access to information.
Corruption is becoming prevalent all over the world. Corruption hurts economies, people, and governments.
Corruption is unethical, immoral, and illegal in many societies, religions, and countries. It needs to be stopped. Private organizations, United Nations, and some governments have attempted to stop corruption or at least have tried to prevent it. They have failed; however, this site is an attempt to expose departments where corruption is taking place.
Also, many government agencies or officials do not care about people and their problems. If you have a problem with any government agency or an official, please report it to us by clicking "File Complaint" link on the left.
What is personal interest and how is it related to the prohibited practices?
Conflict of personal interest is any situation in which a party has interests that could improperly influence that party’s performance of official duties or responsibilities, contractual obligations, or compliance with applicable laws and regulations. A conflict of interest is not necessarily a violation in and of itself, but could potentially provide an opportunity for and lead to one of the prohibited practices. Therefore, it has to be managed with transparency, ensuring total impartiality in order to avoid a real, potential or even the appearance of an integrity violation.
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