What Do I Cry Out?
What do I Decry?
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Everything fades.
Everyone in mortal.
God’s truth is forever.
Isaiah 40:6
Image from Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index 2016.
The redder the worse. But every country falls
short.
In a time of universal deceit—
telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
George Orwell
Frauds!
Frauds!
Leave them; they are blind guides.
If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.
If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.
Your task is to be true, not popular.
Jesus Christ (MT 15: 7, 14; LK 6:26 The Message)
This Update continues
the call for assistance from the people and organizations affected by the
Nordic Capital Investment KB fraud (NCI). Those “affected” refers to
investors-victims, organizations-ministries, staff-leaders, and any others who
received/lost money in this scheme or were somehow involved. It also refers to
the thousands of people who are or were part of these organizations-ministries
and who have a moral responsibility to call their leaders to account: to
disclose, conduct independent reviews, and where there are “net positive”
gains, to return money to victims.
Resources
Here are four recent resources to help you promote
integrity and confront corruption. We encourage you to read them, discuss them, and apply them.
--Learning from social psychology
Fact or Opinion? Why We Believe Alternative Facts
American Psychologist, May 2017, pp. 36-38
"People are capable of being thoughtful and rational, but our wishes, hopes, fears, and motivations often tip the scales to make us more likely to accept something as true if it supports what we want to believe."
--Learning from the corporate world
Fact or Opinion? Why We Believe Alternative Facts
American Psychologist, May 2017, pp. 36-38
"People are capable of being thoughtful and rational, but our wishes, hopes, fears, and motivations often tip the scales to make us more likely to accept something as true if it supports what we want to believe."
--Learning from the corporate world
Kellogg Insight, 6 March 2017
“Practical tips to reign in an unethical
boss and encourage employees to do the right thing.”
--Learning from the United Nations
UN Special, January
2017 (pp. 26-27)
“Whistle-blowing
is increasingly precarious in the UN system, according to Caroline
Hunt-Matthes, a former UNHCR staff member who reported irregularities in the
UNHCR Inspector General’s Office in 2003 including interference in a rape
investigation of a refugee by a UNHCR staff member.”
--Learning from Transparency International
Corruption
Perception Index 2016 (Executive Summary)
“Let's get
straight to the point: No country gets close to a perfect score in the Corruption Perceptions Index 2016. Over
two-thirds of the 176 countries and territories in this year's index fall below
the midpoint of our scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). The global
average score is a paltry 43, indicating endemic corruption in a country's
public sector.”
Did you know?
Swedish
court documents (released in 2010 and 2011) indicate that it was primarily
Christians, Christian organizations, and Christian ministries that were
affected by NCI? Some of the main ones were part of Youth With A Mission
(YWAM), including Mercy Ministries, Le Rucher, and Mercy Ships. Youth For
Christ Switzerland was used as an address for one of the main NCI promoters for
NCI activities and Crossroads Church in Ferny-Voltaire, France had many members
who heard about and invested in NCI.
Quid clamabo?
Cry out and
decry this: NCI, and the lack of response to it by those in the church-mission
community (CMC), have seriously damaged many peoples’ lives. It has also
seriously compromised the reputation and witness of the CMC. Getting
accurately informed and calling for action are essential. Doing nothing is inexcusable
and seriously damaging. Truth matters. Live in integrity.
For more NCI background, specifics, and updates, see the previous
weblog:
April 2017: Cui bono?—Who is benefiting, and getting hurt, by dong nothing?
April 2017: Cui bono?—Who is benefiting, and getting hurt, by dong nothing?
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You can make a difference.
Join with others around the world by signing and sharing the petition
below.
An international petition calling for integrity and action to
confront corruption in the church-mission community and in particular the
international NCI et al. fraud.
Read it, sign it, share it!
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/shine-the-light-together/
Read it, sign it, share it!
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/shine-the-light-together/
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PETRA People Network
PETRA
People Network was set up in 2010. We are committed to promoting
peace, transparency, and accountability in all sectors of society and
especially in the international Christian community. Our general focus is on
preventing and confronting corruption and on promoting personal and
organizational integrity. Our specific focus is on the Nordic Capital
Investments KB fraud (NCI).
