Otherways
Otherways Management Association Club (OMAC) is a Paris-based organisation selling what the Center for Investigative Reporting and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) have called "meaningless international awards", and are more widely known as "vanity awards".
Investigation
Otherways was founded in about 1996 by Lebanese businessman, Charbel S. Tabet, the president and CEO.[1] Before founding Otherways, Tabet worked as a consultant for another vanity award organization, Global Trade Leader’s Club. Tabet is also the founder and director of Foodica Best Foods, which has received awards from OMAC.[2]
Otherways market a number of awards:[3]
- Diamond Eye Award for Quality Commitment & Excellence
- Global Award for Perfection, Quality & Ideal Performance
- Golden Award for Quality & Business Prestige
- Golden Europe Award for Quality & Commercial Prestige
- Majestic Falcon Award for Quality & Excellence
- Majestic Five Continents Award for Quality & Excellence
- New Era Award for Technology, Innovation & Quality
- Platinum Technology Award for Quality & Best Trade Name
In 2017, the OCCRP reported that "nothing has changed" with Otherways.[4]
Award recipients
In 2011, AllAfrica.com reported that a teacher's credit union or SACCO, the Masaku Teachers and Savings and Credit Society, had won the "Majestic Five Continents Award for Quality & Excellence" presented by Otherways Management Association.[5] The article noted that it was the second such award that the SACCO had won within a month, and that "The two trophies could not have come at a better time" in light of the fact that the co-op had been on the brink of collapse five years prior due to "high-level corruption and mismanagement".[5]
In 2014, The Times of India reported that Hindustan Aeronautics Limited had won the "Global Green Award" for installing two units of organic waste converters at its senior officers' quarters in Bangalore.[6]
References
- ↑ "What Price Honor?". Occrp.org. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ↑ "Otherways - Management & Consulting". Otherways.org. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ↑ "Awards - Otherways". Otherways.org. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ↑ Jahic, Dino (18 October 2017). "Awards for Sale". Organized Crime and Corruption. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Teachers' Sacco Wins Another Global Prize for Excellence". AllAfrica.com. 30 April 2011. Template:ProQuest. Retrieved 29 September 2024 – via ProQuest.
- ↑ Mukherjee, Saswati (9 April 2014). "HAL bags the Global Green Award". The Times of India. Template:ProQuest. Retrieved 29 September 2024 – via ProQuest.