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Presentation On Ethics and Values

The document discusses the importance of values and ethics in procurement, highlighting the conflict that can arise from differing values influenced by various stakeholders. It outlines key ethical principles of public service, emphasizing the need for integrity and a public service ethos in procurement practices. Additionally, it provides guiding principles for ethical public procurement, including confidentiality, fair dealing, and the declaration of interest.

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Presentation On Ethics and Values

The document discusses the importance of values and ethics in procurement, highlighting the conflict that can arise from differing values influenced by various stakeholders. It outlines key ethical principles of public service, emphasizing the need for integrity and a public service ethos in procurement practices. Additionally, it provides guiding principles for ethical public procurement, including confidentiality, fair dealing, and the declaration of interest.

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“Procurement Ethics”

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Values and Ethics
• Values are at the heart of the ethical choices
that we make.
• When values are in conflict and competition,
ethical dilemmas occur.
• Who influences our values??
• Our ethical framework is usually influenced
by the values of our family members, our
peers, our customers, our clients, the public,
vendors, and our organization.

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What happens when there is
conflict between and among
these various values?

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Values

Security Fairness Productivity


Advancement Compassion Leadership
Honesty Integrity Efficiency
Advancement Entrepreneurship Reward
Transparency Competition Leadership
Truthfulness Loyalty Respect
Fidelity Community Justice

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Values and Principles

• There is a need to distinguish between


values and principles, too often values
are dressed up as principles.
• Principle = a guide to action
• Value = a preference expressed
• For public service (and public
procurement) are there universal values?
• Universal principles?
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What is ethics?

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2 a : a set of moral principles or values b : a
theory or system of moral values c: the
principles of conduct governing an
individual or a group or professional body
d : a guiding philosophy

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Ethical Principles of Public Service

• five ethical principles of public service:

– Public trust, objective judgment, accountability,


democratic leadership, and respectability.
• It is important to understand how procurement
in the public sector imposes responsibilities
related to the public trust.
• Taking these principles from the ‘ideal’ to the
‘real’ suggests an awareness that these
principles transcend obligations imposed by
law and formal codes of conduct.

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The Ethical Dimension:
Values and Principles
Values Principles

Individual Honesty Give first consideration to


Integrity the objectives and policies of
Security my organization
Professional Competence Conduct business with
Fairness potential and current
suppliers in an atmosphere of
good faith
Organizational Productivity Foster fair, ethical, and legal
Efficiency procurement practices
Impartiality
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An Integrity-based Approach to
Ethics
• One approach to ethics that is advocated is
an integrity-based approach
• How is the word integrity defined?

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• “possession of firm principles, the quality of
possessing and steadfastly adhering to high
moral principles or professional standards”
(Microsoft Incarta, 2001).

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• Integrity ethics attempts to create an
awareness of a public service ethos
• Integrity ethics also attempts to create an
awareness of ethical standards and values

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The Public Service Ethos
 An integrity based approach suggests that
there is a “public service ethos.”
 Ethos
 the distinguishing character, sentiment,
moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a
person, group, or institution

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 What are the values and principles that make
up this ethos?
 “Public service ethos” is traditionally
characterized as comprising honesty,
integrity, impartiality, recruitment and
promotion on merit, probity*, and
accountability.

*adherence to the highest principles and ideals

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 Have you embraced a “public service ethos”
and does it provide a foundation for the
procurement decisions that you make?

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From ‘Ideal’ to ‘Real’
• How do you make the transition from the
‘ideal’ to the ‘real’ ?
• Moral imagination and reflection are
important
• From ‘outside in’ to ‘inside out’ is important
• Developing principle based decision-making
strategies is important

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• Consulting resources is important
• Knowing how to recognize value conflicts is
important
• Knowing how to resolve value conflicts is
important

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The ‘Ideal’ has to become the ‘Real’

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GUIDING PRINCIPLES IN
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

1. CONFIDENTIALITY : Sensitive information


must be kept secure so there is no danger
of using such information for personal gain
and to eliminate prejudice against fair
competition whether it is deliberate or
inadvertent.

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• WRITTEN RECORDS: In order to
ensure and demonstrate that ethical
standards are practiced and
observed, it is essential that records
are kept in writing, which serve as
evidence of a reason for making a
particular decision and as an audit
trial.

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• FAIR DEALING: Obligation to
suppliers, contractors, vendors that
you must be honest, fair and even-
handed.

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• DECLARATION OF INTEREST: Must
ensure that there are no conflicts of
interest and immediate disclosures
are necessary where impartiality may
be affected.

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• HOSPITALITY: Modest hospitality is
an accepted courtesy of a business
relationship, but public procurement
officials are held to the highest of
standards, which may require
rejecting trivial or inexpensive gifts.

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Professional CODE OF ETHICS

• Many purchasing professional bodies


• CIPS, IPS, NIGP…
• Subscribes to and supports the
professional aims and objectives.

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Discussion
Eaton case

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