# Pacts URL: https://www.transparency.org/en/corruptionary/pacts Type: Corruptionary Published: 2019-12-23 Updated: 2020-04-25 --- Voluntary agreement among different parties (i.e. businesses, government agencies, contract bidders) to formally commit to mutually-agreed ‘rules of the game’, including the refusal to engage in bribery and the promise to uphold human rights.