Towards a comprehensive business integrity system
made progress in making the subject of corruption a real issue for discussion within defence ministries. While defence ministers are only too aware of the inadequacy of corruptly bought equipment and the waste of money involved, there have been no practical initiatives to demonstrate that the subject can be tackled effectively until now. The DAC project demonstrates that civil society can act as a powerful means of assisting the defence sector’s anti-corruption reform through a strategy of positive engagement. An encouraging way forward would be for national organisations to build their own defence integrity expertise, and to use the DAC team to provide credible international back-up for their own defence anti-corruption campaigns.
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