It turns out, sexual misconduct really is everywhere. According to recent claims. staffers for U.K. NGO Oxfam supposedly paid vulnerable people for sex while delivering humanitarian aid to Haiti in 2011.
Setting aside the actual and disgraceful sexual misconduct – which appears to be as common in charities and NGOs as in other industries – the ‘Oxfam lesson’ reinforces the prime governance maxim. Like the three rules of real estate – location, location, location – the three rules of governance that cover every transaction are: disclosure, disclosure, disclosure.
