"On the other hand, sponsorship is transactional. Companies and individuals provide funding, expertise, equipment or technology in exchange for representation or endorsement of their businesses or products. Irrespective of the dialogue between the parties about intent, rarely is this relationship based on purely altruistic motives."
Kwabena Fosu-Mensah, an ethical governance expert, looks at the growing appetite of private corporate organisations to sponsor the police force, the ethical issues around such sponsorships and invites the government, parliament, civil society organisations and the wider public to debate on how best to monitor and control this rising trend for the purposes of ensuring the right balance between transparent and effective performance of the core functions of the police service and sponsorship.
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