TIN at its Fourth General Body Meeting (July 30,1999) approved the following code of conduct.
- Benefits: Members of TIN shall not enjoy any office of profit or draw any kind of pecuniary gain in return to the service they offer to the activities or programmes undertaken by TIN.
- Acceptance of gifts, entertainment, favours and other offers of reward: A member shall not solicit or accept gifts, goods, or any form of gratification for services provided or to be provided by virtue of his/her position in or association with TIN.
- Conflict of interest: Any organization in which an office bearer, executive member or advisor of TIN has direct or indirect financial interest will be disqualified as a supplier of goods or services to be procured by TIN, except when it is provided free of cost.
- Misuse of information: For the purpose of furthering a private interest, a member shall not, directly or indirectly, use or allow the use of official information obtained through or in connection with the organisation.
- Use of TIN property: A member shall not, directly or indirectly, use or allow use of TIN property of any kind for other than officially approved activities.
- Neutrality: Members of TIN, while carrying out their official responsibilities, shall not be expected to have relations with any particular interest group.
- Litigation in Court: Members must immediately notify the Executive Committee of a summon, or other legal document which would involve them in court proceeding, related to corruption charges.
- Core Value: A member shall be opposed to corruption and supportive of the core values of Transparency International Nepal (TIN) and Transparency International (TI) and play an active voluntary role to promote the anti-corruption activities in the country.
- Transparency: All TIN members will declare their membership, ownership and interests in organisations they are involved in or have direct or indirect financial interests so that the conflict of interest clause can be properly and transparently applied.
- Accountability: A member shall in the performance of his/her TIN related duties and functions be accountable to TIN for the works carried out by him/her or on his/her behalf. All members shall honour the role, status and authority of TIN Executive Committee all times.
- Networking: TIN members shall strive to establish and maintain a constructive relationship with the organisations interested in fighting corruption. Members are expected to participate in activities which bring to public attention the negative effects of corruption as well as effective steps to contain it.
- Prejudiced statement: A member shall not make public statements involving specific allegations of corruption, in his/her capacity as a TIN member.
- History: A member is not expected to have a history of involvement in corrupt business practices.
- Lobbying: TIN members shall act as lobbyists for action to ensure proper standards of conduct in national and international business transactions and play an active role in strengthening all efforts against corruption.
- Earnings: All earnings of a member on behalf of TIN or works related to TIN shall be deposited in the bank account of TIN.
- Financial obligation: All members are expected to pay their taxes regularly on their taxable incomes.
- Disciplinary action: Violation of the code of conduct by a member could lead to disciplinary action by the Executive Committee. The committee will decide the nature of such an action.
