By Edward Acquah, GNA
Accra, July 17, GNA – Transparency International Ghana and Honour Ghana have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote ethical behaviour and strengthen integrity to help reduce corruption.
The partnership will promote values-based education and ethical business practices in the education and private sectors to strengthen integrity among young people and improve corporate governance.
Madam Mary Addah, Executive Director of Transparency International Ghana, speaking at the signing ceremony in Accra on Friday, said the partnership reflected the organisation’s belief that collaboration was essential to translating research and advocacy into measurable national impact.
“Our experience has shown that laws and institutions exist. However, corruption continues where dishonesty is excused, misconduct is normalised and success is separated from character,” she said.
Under the agreement, the two organisations aim to engage at least 100 senior high schools and tertiary institutions across the country, reaching more than 20,000 students through integrity clubs and other values-based programmes.
The partnership will also engage at least 50 private sector organisations through the development of the Ghana Honour Integrity Index to assess and promote ethical conduct, transparency and accountability among businesses.
The initiative will involve teachers, civil society organisations, education stakeholders and private sector actors to strengthen integrity systems and promote ethical leadership.
Madam Addah said the partnership sought to shape values among young people while strengthening ethical practices within the private sector.
“We would be engaging at least 100 senior high schools and tertiary institutions, reaching over 20,000 students, while also working with not less than 50 private sector organisations to promote ethical conduct,” she said.
Madam Addah described the MoU as “a call to action” to promote ethical behaviour, reshape value systems and reduce corruption in Ghana.
Dr Emmanuel Odame, Founder of Honour Ghana, said corruption could not be addressed solely through stronger laws but required deliberate efforts to build integrity and character.
“Corruption is both a systems problem and a values problem. If we strengthen institutions without shaping values, corruption simply finds new pathways,” he said.
Dr Odame said the partnership would help build “an integrity ecosystem that transforms both institutions and individuals,” adding that the initiative would equip young people to make honesty and accountability a way of life.
He urged schools, parents, businesses and public institutions to embrace integrity as a shared national responsibility, saying Ghana’s future depended on the values upheld by its citizens rather than its natural resources alone.
GNA
Edited by Kenneth Sackey
Reporter: Edward Acquah
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