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Article

26 Sep 2014

Author:
Deborah Unger, Transparency Intl.

FIFA: How to win back trust

Recently FIFA vice-president Jeffrey Webb admitted publicly that FIFA still had a lot of work to do to repair its battered image despite introducing a slew of organisational reforms. He’s right. FIFA is often seen as synonymous with scandal...Just this week it suspended yet another senior executive because of corruption allegations and had to answer questions about 26 executive committee members receiving US$15,000 worth of luxury watches in goody bags at the World Cup in Brazil...FIFA has key opportunities to win back popular trust....The Qatar/Russia investigation: Michael Garcia, the independent investigator tasked by FIFA to investigate whether bribes played a part in the award of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups...Clearly, the bidding process needs to change. FIFA has spread the vote to its 209 federations from the cushy executive committee, but more needs to be done. In our updated Working Paper on Corruption and Sport we make several recommendations to improve the process...Independent due diligence...Best practice organisational structure...