| PADCO
values the principles of integrity, accountability, and
transparency in its work and in all its dealings with
customers, partners, and host-country counterparts. We
believe that coordination, partnership, and collaboration
lie at the core of all successful efforts to mitigate
against corruption. We welcome opportunities to share
information and best practices and to encourage our partners
and our competitors to do the same. We commit to promoting
systems of public sector integrity, not simply combating
corruption, in emerging democracies and market economies.
We understand that without adherence to high standards
of ethical conduct ourselves, we can have little hope
of generating higher standards of governance in other
societies.
We
also recognize that we do not all share the same risks
in combating corruption. Our colleagues in developing
countries struggle under enormous burdens to liberate
their countries from authoritarian legacies that allow
corruption to proliferate. All too frequently they pay
for their integrity and courage with their livelihoods,
property, and even their lives. We believe we have ethical
and professional obligations to our colleagues to consider
the risks and consequences of anti-corruption awareness
and enforcement programs and to minimize the risks to
their livelihoods and families.
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