Download or read book A Model Ethics Program for a Department of Defense Contracting Office written by Steven C. Wical and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethical conduct standards have been a great concern of the Department of Defense (DoD) for decades. This is especially true in how its employees, particularly contracting officials, use them in making an ethical business decision. Most recently, August 30, 1993, DoD reissued the DODD 5500.7, Standards of Conduct and implemented the new DoD 5500.7-R, Joint Ethics Regulation (JER) to 'standardize' all ethical conduct standards. These ethical conduct standards, contained in the JER, represent one standard meant to be followed by all DoD components. This Thesis develops a model ethics program meant for use by all DoD component contracting offices and other entities such as a contracting division of a systems command. It contains standardized program elements used to implement the conduct standards espoused in the JER.
Download or read book A Model Ethics Program for a Department of Defense Contracting Office written by Steven C. Wical and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethical conduct standards have been a great concern of the Department of Defense (DoD) for decades. This is especially true in how its employees, particularly contracting officials, use them in making an ethical business decision. Most recently, August 30, 1993, DoD reissued the DODD 5500.7, Standards of Conduct and implemented the new DoD 5500.7-R, Joint Ethics Regulation (JER) to 'standardize' all ethical conduct standards. These ethical conduct standards, contained in the JER, represent one standard meant to be followed by all DoD components. This Thesis develops a model ethics program meant for use by all DoD component contracting offices and other entities such as a contracting division of a systems command. It contains standardized program elements used to implement the conduct standards espoused in the JER.
Download or read book Defense Contracting Integrity Opportunities Exist to Improve DoD s Oversight of Contractor Ethics Programs written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defense Contracting Integrity written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-21 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until recently, ethics programs and practices of defense contractors were self-policed. Given the significant sums spent to acquire goods and services, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) was amended twice starting in December 2007 to first mandate and later amplify contractor ethics program rules. Before FAR changes were finalized in December 2008, Congress required GAO to report in 2009 on the ethics programs of major defense contractors. This report (1) describes the extent that contractors had ethics programs before the finalization of the FAR rules that included practices consistent with standards now required by the FAR and (2) assesses the impact the new FAR rules have on Department of Defense (DOD) oversight of contractor ethics programs. To do this work, in September 2008 GAO surveyed all 57 contractors-those receiving more than $500 million in 2006 DOD contract awards-and interviewed DOD contractor oversight agency officials on the impact of the new FAR rules on oversight.
Download or read book Defense Contracting Integrity written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until recently, ethics programs and practices of defense contractors were self-policed. Given the significant sums spent to acquire goods and services, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) was amended twice starting in December 2007 to first mandate and later amplify contractor ethics program rules. Before FAR changes were finalized in December 2008, Congress required GAO to report in 2009 on the ethics programs of major defense contractors. This report (1) describes the extent that contractors had ethics programs before the finalization of the FAR rules that included practices consistent with standards now required by the FAR and (2) assesses the impact the new FAR rules have on Department of Defense (DOD) oversight of contractor ethics programs. To do this work, in September 2008 GAO surveyed all 57 contractors -- those receiving more than $500 million in 2006 DOD contract awards -- and interviewed DOD contractor oversight agency officials on the impact of the new FAR rules on oversight. GAO recommends four actions aimed at improving oversight of ethics programs during contract administration and DOD hotline poster requirements for contractors to ensure that whistleblower protections are communicated. DOD concurs with GAO's recommendations.
Download or read book Defense Ethics Program written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In fiscal year 2004, the Department of Defense (DOD) spent more than $200 billion to purchase goods and services. To help ensure defense contracts are awarded fairly and current and former employees do not use their knowledge of DOD acquisition activities to gain financial or other benefits, DOD personnel are required to conduct themselves in a manner that meets federal ethics rules and standards. Regulations require DOD to implement an ethics program and provide that contractors meet certain ethics standards. For this report, GAO assessed (1) DOD's efforts to train and counsel its workforce to raise awareness of ethics rules and standards as well as DOD measures of the effectiveness of these efforts and (2) DOD's knowledge of defense contractors' programs to promote ethical standards of conduct.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure written by Department of Defense and published by . This book was released on 2009-12-31 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Standards of Conduct Office of the Department of Defense General Counsel's Office has assembled an "encyclopedia" of cases of ethical failure for use as a training tool. These are real examples of Federal employees who have intentionally or unwittingly violated standards of conduct. Some cases are humorous, some sad, and all are real. Some will anger you as a Federal employee and some will anger you as an American taxpayer. Note the multiple jail and probation sentences, fines, employment terminations and other sanctions that were taken as a result of these ethical failures. Violations of many ethical standards involve criminal statutes. This updated (end of 2009) edition is organized by type of violations, including conflicts of interest, misuse of Government equipment, violations of post-employment restrictions, and travel.
Download or read book Standards of Conduct written by United States. Defense Contract Audit Agency and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Oversight of Department of Defense Ethics Programs written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defense Contracting Integrity written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-17 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defense Contracting Integrity: Opportunities Exist to Improve DOD's Oversight of Contractor Ethics Programs
Download or read book Defense Contracting Additional Personal Conflict of Interest Safeguards Needed for Certain DoD Contractor Employees written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Oversight of Department of Defense Ethics Programs written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defense Contracting Integrity written by U. S. Government Accountability Office ( and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency that works for Congress. The GAO watches over Congress, and investigates how the federal government spends taxpayers dollars. The Comptroller General of the United States is the leader of the GAO, and is appointed to a 15-year term by the U.S. President. The GAO wants to support Congress, while at the same time doing right by the citizens of the United States. They audit, investigate, perform analyses, issue legal decisions and report anything that the government is doing. This is one of their reports.
Download or read book Joint Ethics Regulation JER written by United States. Department of Defense and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ethics in DoD Contracting Negotiations written by Jeffrey C. Horton and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contract negotiations have long been a part of the acquisition process in which opportunities for compromise and ethical dilemmas arise. This thesis concerns the subject of ethical practices in both Government and Industry in contract negotiations. The military culture provides room for some disagreement in the field of ethics, yet there is also much unanimity in the determination of ethical questions both in the society at large, and in the Department of Defense. It is therefore possible to derive a model or standard by which the ethical practices and dilemmas of the contract negotiator may be measured. This thesis addresses the policies, procedures, and practices resulting from the subject of ethics in contract negotiations. It also develops a model of essential elements for practice as derived from an analysis of requirements, regulations, and the current ethical culture of contract negotiations. (RWJ).
Download or read book Ethics in DoD Contracting Negotiations written by Jeffrey C. Horton and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contract negotiations have long been a part of the acquisition process in which opportunities for compromise and ethical dilemmas arise. This thesis concerns the subject of ethical practices in both Government and Industry in contract negotiations. The military culture provides room for some disagreement in the field of ethics, yet there is also much unanimity in the determination of ethical questions both in the society at large, and in the Department of Defense. It is therefore possible to derive a model or standard by which the ethical practices and dilemmas of the contract negotiator may be measured. This thesis addresses the policies, procedures, and practices resulting from the subject of ethics in contract negotiations. It also develops a model of essential elements for practice as derived from an analysis of requirements, regulations, and the current ethical culture of contract negotiations. (RWJ).
Download or read book Contractor Self Governance Programs written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DoD prime contract awards for more than $25,000 totaled $ 125 billion during FY 1998. A properly implemented and effective contractor self-governance program allows DoD to limit its oversight of the acquisition process. Self-governance, also known as corporate governance, is a process through which a company takes responsibility for implementing and enforcing legal and ethical conduct. The key component of self-governance is a strong and effective ethics program. An ethics program consists of policies and procedures that define and implement the company's code of conduct. An ethics program should establish a culture within a company that promotes prevention, detection, and resolution of instances of conduct that do not conform to Federal, State, and local law; Federal and DoD contract regulations; and the company's own internal ethical and business policies and procedures.
