05.10.2012
Largest Russian arms manufacturers happened to be at the bottom of the Transparency International rating which categorizes defense-oriented companies depending on their transparency. In fact, military manufacturers were assessed in terms of their readiness to bribe functionaries with the view to win contracts.
Authors of the rating set participants on the basis of their declared anti-corruption activities. To classify transparency, letters A, B, C, D, E, and F were used.
Almost half of the companies presented in the rating took lowest grades E and F. Among them are Russian companies
GAZ,
RTI Systems,
Almaz-Antei Air Defense Concern,
Russian Helicopters,
Sukhoi,
Irkut,
Tactical Missile Corporation,
Instrument Engineering Design Bureau (Tula), and
United Engine-Building Corporation. Ukrainian companies
Antonov and
Kharkov State Aircraft Factory have low transparency rating as well.
The most transparent company is American corporation
Fluor, it got A. The B group is represented by Japanese
Fujitsu, European
Accenture,
BAE Systems,
Meggitt,
Serco Group,
Thales, and American
Hewlett-Packard,
Northrop Grumman,
United Technologies. As was noted in the report, defense production is not core business for half of those companies. For instance, defense orders bring only 9 percent of
Fluor's incomes; this parameter of
Fujitsu is only one percent.
Group C is represented by such known companies as
Boeing,
EADS,
Finmeccanica,
Lockheed Martin,
Rolls-Royce, and
Saab. The D category includes
AAR,
Embraer,
Hindustan Aeronautics,
Rafael, and
NEC.
Transparency International analyzed statistics of 129 companies manufacturing about 90 percent of global arms and military equipment. The anti-corruption organization evaluated their total turnover as $10 trillions.