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Some questions for Transparency International:
1. If you *know* your methodology is flawed (i.e., it ignores corporate corruption enabled by rich nations), why do you keep using it? Fix it, and until then stop publishing your misleading index. #CPI2020 https://twitter.com/anticorruption/status/1355146436871155713
1. If you *know* your methodology is flawed (i.e., it ignores corporate corruption enabled by rich nations), why do you keep using it? Fix it, and until then stop publishing your misleading index. #CPI2020 https://twitter.com/anticorruption/status/1355146436871155713
2. You claim that "private sector corruption" is different from public sector corruption. But if private corruption is *enabled* by government policy (which you acknowledge), then why should governments not be held accountable in your index? #CPI2020
3. Are tax havens private entities or public? If they are public (which they are), then why are the biggest tax havens (i.e., the US, UK and their territories, plus Switzerland Luxembourg, etc.) not punished in your index accordingly? #CPI2020
4. If an individual or company bribes a politician but calls it a "campaign finance contribution" or a "speaker's fee" (a practice that's widespread in rich nations), why do you not count that as corruption? #CPI2020
5. Do you know the extent to which your corporate donors engage in tax evasion and other illicit financial flows? If they do, will you publicly condemn them and reject their money? #CPI2020
6. One of your corporate donors, Microsoft, has been charged with corruption. Will you publicly condemn them and reject their money? #CPI2020 https://apnews.com/article/f6852284a2154ac5ab422d51495c4056
7. Another of your corporate donors, Google, has engaged in massive tax evasion using a Dutch shell company. Will you publicly condemn them and reject their money? #CPI2020 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/03/google-tax-haven-bermuda-netherlands
8. Another of your corporate donors, Siemens, has been caught for corruption on a number of occasions in the past. The NYT described bribery as a "line item" at Siemens. Will you publicly condemn them and reject their money? #CPI2020 https://theconversation.com/lessons-from-the-massive-siemens-corruption-scandal-one-decade-later-108694
