The meeting of the Executive Director of “Transparency International Anticorruption Center” NGO Varuzhan Hoktanyan and TIAC member, expert Khachik Harutyunyan with VivaCell-MTS General Manager and employees took place in the Company headquarters. The topic of the meeting was “The role of citizens in fighting corruption”.
“Having anti-corruption control mechanisms put in place within the Company, as part of its internal procedures, policies and practices, is similar to following healthy lifestyle patterns. Like a big living organism, the Company should take care of certain rules of behavior precluding dangerous habits, minimizing health risks and pass frequent check-ups to ensure early detection and prevention of diseases, especially if the disease is as dangerous, transformative and transmittable as the corruption is. Like in the case of health, it’s much more effective to have the disease prevented timely rather than to start handling it when it emerges,” said VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian.
The institutional structure of the anticorruption projects and the current problems in the sphere were presented at the meeting. It was followed by an active discussion between the speakers and the employees of the company. Theoretical ways and practical examples of the strategic role of private sector’s participation in the fight against corruption were presented.