Editing Transparency (behavior) (section)

===Non-governmental organizations===
Accountability and transparency are of high relevance for [[non-governmental organisation]]s (NGOs). In view of their responsibilities to stakeholders, including donors, sponsors, programme beneficiaries, staff, states and the public, they are considered to be of even greater importance to them than to commercial undertakings.<ref name="huidobro-p60">{{Cite book | first1= Maria | last1= Francesch-Huidobro | title= Governance, politics and the environment: a Singapore study | page= 60 | publisher = Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) | isbn = 9789812308313 | year= 2008 }} [https://books.google.com/books?id=QrCqBmdZY5UC&pg=PA60 Preview.]</ref> Yet these same values are often found to be lacking in NGOs.<ref name="huidobro-p60"/>

The ''[[INGO Accountability Charter|International NGO Accountability Charter]]'', linked to the [[Global Reporting Initiative]], documents the commitment of its members [[international NGO]]s to accountability and transparency, requiring them to submit an annual report, among others.<ref>{{cite web | title = Is GRI too much transparency for NGOs? | url = http://prizmablog.com/2011/03/27/is-gri-too-much-transparency-porn-for-ngos/ | publisher = PRIZMA | date = March 27, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Our accountability commitments: transparency | url = http://www.ingoaccountabilitycharter.org/home/our-accountability-commitments/transparency/ | publisher = INGO accountability charter | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150329081613/http://www.ingoaccountabilitycharter.org/home/our-accountability-commitments/transparency/ | archive-date = 2015-03-29 }}</ref> Signed in 2006 by 11 NGOs active in the area of humanitarian rights, the INGO Accountability Charter has been referred to as the "first global accountability charter for the non-profit sector".<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I3Q0rFXjPQ4C&pg=PA214|title=Critical Mass: The Emergence of Global Civil Society|first1=James W. St G.|last1=Walker|first2=Andrew S.|last2=Thompson|date=February 21, 2008|publisher=Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press|isbn=9781554580224 |via=Google Books}}</ref> In 1997, the [[One World Trust]] created an ''NGO Charter'', a [[code of conduct]] comprising commitment to accountability and transparency.<ref>{{cite web | title = Charte des ONG (NGO Charter) | url = http://www.oneworldtrust.org/csoproject/cso/initiatives/358/charte_des_ong_ngo_charter | publisher = One World Trust | date = 1997 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110928052118/http://www.oneworldtrust.org/csoproject/cso/initiatives/358/charte_des_ong_ngo_charter | archive-date = 2011-09-28 }}</ref>