Archive for 2021
Business integrity during COVID-19: How to build integrity and trust within businesses during pandemic?
By Bakhtawar Khalid In the light of recent hoarding and price manipulation scandals, the business industry has developed a reputation for its lack of ethics. In an industry where getting ahead and making money appears to take precedence over ethical decision-making, it can be difficult to understand the importance of ethical behavior in business. Lack of…
Read MoreAn assessment of current policy advocacy tools used by chambers of commerce in Pakistan
By Nida Qasim Khan Context: Accountability Lab Pakistan has worked with chambers of commerce in its recent Business Accountability Bootcamps, and in the process has gathered some insights into how they operate. Some of the key findings made were that they lack the advocacy tools that are required of a chamber of commerce, such as proper…
Read MoreHow can business startups build policy influence in Pakistan?
By Nida Qasim Khan General overview of the Pakistani start-up ecosystem According to the Pakistan Startup Ecosystem Report 2019, business start-up activity increased significantly between 2012 and 2019. In 2012, there were only two major incubators and no notable funding sources or investors. However, 2019 saw an increase of 24 major incubators/accelerators, 20 formal investors/ funding…
Read MoreMaking most out of a chamber membership – revisiting advocacy & policy work of chambers of commerce in Pakistan
By Qazi Kabir Ahmed Hashmi Context: Accountability Lab conducted Business Accountability Bootcamps across four cities in the month of October, and hosted 95 entrepreneurs from all over Pakistan, to encourage them in the direction of ethical and sustainable business practices. We covered several key points in these bootcamps including the benefits of ethical business via case…
Read MoreU.S. Embassy and Malian Minister Engage Young Female Filmmakers
United States Embassy in Mali – Press Statement Bamako, Mali, March 25, 2021 U.S. Embassy Bamako invited Mali’s Minister for the Promotion of Women, Children, and Families Bouaré Bintou Foune Samaké to join a breakfast conversation with ten rising Malian female filmmakers. The event aimed to foster conversations about how to creatively use film as…
Read MoreICPC pledges to sustain new ethics, integrity in fight against corruption
THE Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it will sustain the new National Ethics and Integrity Policy, which is geared towards changing many Nigerians’ mindsets and preventing them from engaging in corruption. The commission launched the new policy to reduce corruption in public and private spheres in Nigeria. ICPC spokesperson Azuka Ogugua…
Read MoreMaverick Citizen: iKhaya eLitsha Hub — pathways to food security and dignity
In this article by the Daily Maverick Citizen, it’s noted how community-led change and local action are too often stifled by the dominant accountability models. “New models of social accountability, built on trust, redistribution and horizontality rather than the usual bureaucratic checks and balances, are desperately needed,” they say. In March 2020, when the president…
Read MoreN90.9bn NDDC funds unaccounted for, says CSCAN
By Onyedi Ojiabor, Abuja The Civil Society Coalition on Audit in Nigeria (CSCAN) Tuesday asked the Public Accounts Committees of the National Assembly and Anti-Corruption Agencies to investigate 176 contracts awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for which N90.9 billion is yet to be accounted for. The Executive Director, Paradigm Leadership Support Initiative…
Read MoreSupporting Women Empowerment Through Film – The YALI Film Fellowship in Mali
Interview by Alassane Cissé for Mehari Consulting On the occasion of the festivities marking the celebration of International Women’s Day, our media department met a brave lady who fights every day in the shadows to contribute towards the empowerment of Malian women. Introducing Zeina Walet Mohamed Ali, who is in charge of the YALI Film…
Read MoreAccountability Lab urges Nigerian youth to imbibe culture of integrity and discipline
The Country Director of Accountability Lab Nigeria, Friday Odeh, has called on Nigerian youths to imbibe the culture of integrity and discipline while engaging in their daily activities. He made the disclosure while briefing journalists at the 4th Edition of the 2020 Integrity Icon awards in Abuja. He advised the youth to put in more…
Read MoreData literacy: A tool for change in Nepal
By Bikin Ghimire, Soni Khanal and Nitee Shrestha As strong advocates and supporters of the country’s open data movement, we at the Accountability Lab were thrilled to learn about the “100-hour Nepal Data Literacy Program” organized by the World Bank in 2019 and jumped at the opportunity to learn about data literacy. As World Bank…
Read MoreCivil Servants Conferred Award Due To Work Excellence, Integrity
The Integrity Icon Pakistan on Tuesday conferred awards to Pakistani civil servants in recognition of their work excellence, integrity and honesty in respective categories. Amna Baig, ASP at Frontier Constabulary Lines in Islamabad; Daryan Khatoon, Principal of the Government Girls Lower Secondary school in Sukkur, Sindh; Mukhtar Paras, Director General of the Secretariat Training Institute…
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