Announcing The Winners of Integrity Icons 2021 – Six of South African Top Civil Servants Caught Doing the Right Thing

Following a year-long grassroots campaign to identify South Africa’s top civil servants, the Accountability Lab will, on Friday 03 December 2021, present its six Integrity Icons for 2021 at an award ceremony in Sandton. Integrity Icon is an annual campaign driven by the Accountability Lab to “name and fame” civil servants who embody integrity, accountability and going beyond the call of duty to deliver quality services in the communities they serve. The campaign depends on local people identifyi [...]

Announcing The Winners of Integrity Icons 2021 – Six of South African Top Civil Servants Caught Doing the Right Thing2022-05-13T08:35:41+00:00

‘We are committed to inspiring new generations of public servants of integrity’

Country Director, Accountability Lab, Odeh Friday, has said they are committed to inspire a new generation of public servants who embody the virtues of integrity and accountability in their service. Friday, who made this known at the fifth edition of the Integrity Icon Awards Ceremony in Abuja, said they had embarked on a journey to rewrite the common narrative that everyone in the public service is corrupt . The top five winners for the fifth edition of the ceremony are Mr Musa Agono of the Nig [...]

‘We are committed to inspiring new generations of public servants of integrity’2022-05-16T11:08:06+00:00

NSCDC Officer Emerges Integrity Icon Awards Overall Winner

NSCDC Officer Emerges Integrity Icon Awards Over-All Winner An officer of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, in Kogi State, Mr. Musa Agono, yesterday emerged the over-all winner of the Integrity Icon Awards. The awards event was organized by Accountability Lab Nigeria. Agono won the first position after garnering over 1,800 votes. He defeated four other nominees to win the gold award. The award ceremony was held at Rock View Royale Hotel in Abuja on Thursday. The Kogi NSCDC of [...]

NSCDC Officer Emerges Integrity Icon Awards Overall Winner2021-12-06T14:46:11+00:00

Artists call for government participation in creative industry

PLAYERS in the creative industry have called on the Nigerian government to get more involved in developing the arts sub-sector in Nigeria. The call was made during a panel discussion at the 5th Annual Integrity Icon Summit organised by the Accountability Lab in Abuja on Thursday. The panellists included resident artist at the Department of Arts and Culture, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Daniel Akpasop, and Visual Arts consultant Juliet Ezenwa. There were also Executive Director [...]

Artists call for government participation in creative industry2021-12-06T14:10:56+00:00

More than corruption and poor governance – Integrity Icon in SA on municipal distress

By Dr Sarah Dlamini As a paediatric doctor in the public health system, I see the fault lines of segregation in our communities daily, and how the failure of municipal services is not experienced in the same ways by all South Africans. I live in Msunduzi, KwaZulu-Natal, where municipal services have been steadily collapsing. As a resident, I have watched the collapse with despair. For years the municipality has been hobbling along, struggling to deliver equitable services efficiently, but it has [...]

More than corruption and poor governance – Integrity Icon in SA on municipal distress2022-05-13T08:36:07+00:00

Accountabilitylab Liberia Wants Citizens Get Involved in Nominating this Year Integrity Icon

The Accountability Lab Liberia has launched an eight months campaign process that begins with the nominations of public servants across the country through a rigorous vetting process. Making the disclosure at the office on Carey Street, the Country Director of Accountability Lab Liberia Lawrence Yealue said there are more good people in Liberia than bad people adding that the good people need to be celebrated. This year 2021 is the seventh edition of the Integrity Icon. The nomination process ac [...]

Accountabilitylab Liberia Wants Citizens Get Involved in Nominating this Year Integrity Icon2022-05-16T10:53:52+00:00

Conoce a los ganadores de la distinción “Íconos de Integridad” edición Sustentabilidad

Artículo publicado originalmente en Reforestamos México Tras evaluar 43 perfiles de servidores públicos nominados en la iniciativa “Integrity Icon Sustentabilidad”, cinco fueron los ganadores de tal reconocimiento. “Integrity Icon”, campaña global de Accountability Lab, es impulsada por ciudadanos en busca de funcionarios gubernamentales honestos. En 2020 se desarrolló por primera ocasión en México en su versión “Sustentabilidad” con el apoyo de Causa Natura y Reforestamos México y tuvo como obj [...]

Conoce a los ganadores de la distinción “Íconos de Integridad” edición Sustentabilidad2022-05-16T11:01:05+00:00

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 business ethics and commitment to compliance leads to a wealth of problems for a business; for instance, they can face: Fines and long-drawn le [...]

Business integrity during COVID-19: How to build integrity and trust within businesses during pandemic?2022-05-16T11:09:32+00:00

Navigating Personal Integrity 

What does it mean to have professional integrity? And does it differ from place to place? On paper, perhaps not. But, as we’ve found with running Integrity Icon for the past 7 years, in practice things can appear differently in varied contexts. Values, relationships and incentives are unique to specific societies and communities, and this can affect how integrity is understood. By Blair Glencorse and Sheena Adams   When we launched the campaign in Nepal in 2014, we were measuring and assess [...]

Navigating Personal Integrity 2021-03-31T06:55:17+00:00

Pakistan Integrity Icon Awards held

Amna Baig, Daryan Khatun Memon, Mukhtar Paras, Tariq Javed Mengal and Azhar Ali Khan were declared the most honest government employees of the country for the year 2020. The 5 most honest government employees of Pakistan for the year 2020 were announced in a ceremony held at Serena Hotel on Tuesday. Amna Baig, ASP Frontier Constabulary Lines Islamabad, Durian Khatun Memon, Principal Government Girls Lower Secondary School Sukkur Sindh, Mukhtar Paras, Director General of the Secretariat Training [...]

Pakistan Integrity Icon Awards held2022-05-16T11:09:46+00:00
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