We the delegates drawn from various sectors in South African society acknowledge that corruption:

• 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; and
• 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 resolution as the basis of a national strategy to fight 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, which include measures to protect persons from victimisation where they expose corrupt and unethical practices.

• To support the speedy enactment of the Open Democracy Bill to foster greater transparency 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.

• To publicise and support the blacklisting of businesses, organisations 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.

• To promote and pursue social analysis and research and policy advocacy to analyse the cause, 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 occupations 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, and solutions to corruption, and to communicate the national integrity strategy.