• Adversely affects all sectors in society and impacts most directly on the poor.
• Is corroding the national culture and ethos of democracy and good governance at all levels and sectors of society
• Depletes both government and civil society of scarce resources that are needed to ensure economic prosperity, equality and a better life for all.
• Is a blight on society caused by the worship of self, which gives the pursuit of personal affluence priority above the pursuit of economic justice for all.

We therefore commit ourselves to:

• Stamp out corruption at every level in society.
• Develop a culture of zero tolerance of corruption.
• Visibly support and subscribe to the national integrity strategy in order to combat corruption in all sectors of civil society and government.
• Educate all persons in South Africa to work together towards a higher moral purpose.

We therefore resolve to implement the following resolutions as the basis of a national strategy to fight corruption.

COMBATING CORRUPTION

• To endorse, support and implement all the sectoral initiatives developed in the National Anti-Corruption Summit.
• To critically review and revise legislation in place to combat corruption, and to address any shortcomings by either amending, or drafting new legislation where necessary.
• To develop, encourage and implement whistle blowing mechanisms, in all sectors, which include measures to protect persons from victimization where they expose corrupt and unethical practices.
• To support the speedy enactment of the Open Democracy Bill to foster greater transparency, whistle blowing and accountability in all sectors.
• To ensure effective investigation and prosecution of acts of corruption by establishing special courts.
• To establish Sectoral Coordinating Structures to effectively lead and manage the National Anti-Corruption Programme in their sector and to feed into the development of a National Coordinating Structure. In particular the Public service Commission should be empowered to effectively lead, coordinate, manage and monitor the National Anti-Corruption campaign within the Public Service.
• To rapidly establish a cross-sectoral task team to look into the establishment of a National Coordinating Structure with the authority to effectively lead, coordinate, monitor and manage the National Anti-corruption Programme. The Public Service Commission to take responsibility for establishing the cross-sectoral task team.

PREVENTING CORRUPTION

• To publicise and support the blacklisting of businesses, organizations and individuals, who are proven to be involved in corruption and unethical conduct.
• To establish a National Anti – Corruption Hotline to facilitate the reporting of corrupt practices in all sectors.
• To establish and promote Sectoral and Other Hotlines to strengthen the National Hotline.
• To take disciplinary action and other proactive measures against persons found to be behaving in corrupt and unethical ways.
• To monitor and report consistently and fairly on corruption in all areas of civil society, the private sector and government.
• To promote and implement sound ethical, financial and related management practices in all sectors.

BUILDING INTEGRITY AND RAISING AWARENESS

• To promote and pursue social analysis and research and policy advocacy to analyse the causes, effects and growth of corruption, as well as to evaluate and monitor the effectiveness of anti-corruption strategies.
• To negotiate, develop, support and enforce Codes of Good Conduct and Disciplinary Codes in each sector of civil society.
• To work together to inspire the youth, workers, employers and the whole South African society with a higher moral purpose and ethos that will not tolerate corruption.
• To promote training and education in occupational ethics on all levels of South African society
• To support and work together with government in creating a sustained media campaign to highlight the causes of, and solutions to corruption, and to communicate the national integrity strategy.