Ethics in Government Contracting

To understand the difference between good and evil is not necessarily as easy as you think. In the federal contracting industry, there is a big moral difference if you do not know where to look, there is a possibility of confusion. I participated in PCI director and division Fred Geldon who explained the importance of ethics in government contracts and how to minimize confusion

As a federal employee involved in the procurement and acquisition process, it plays an important role in maintaining the integrity of government contracts and ensuring fair treatment of bidders, bidders and contractors. If you violate ethical rules, you may bid on protest actions or damage the public's confidence in the government. Fraud can bring administrative, civil, and even criminal penalties. This manual provides general information only. It helps to identify the most common ethical and procurement consistency issues that may occur during the signature process. Note that if there are examples, they only describe some common scenarios. You may encounter other problems or different situations

Many basic moral values ​​play a role in government procurement. Given the large amount of public funds entrusted to contractors, these civil servants should show honesty, integrity, loyalty and responsibility in the performance of their duties. Failure of serious moral responsibility, such as bribery and other corruption acts not only interferes with the acquisition process, but also adversely affects important public works and programs important for national defense. One of the important ethical issues that we must always pay attention is the so-called "conflict of interest". A situation where the individual's personal interests are inconsistent with the public interest. Regulation or regulation explicitly prohibits such many conflicts

Ethical rules that contractors must obey and penalties in case of violating these rules are prescribed by a number of rules. Some of these regulations are included in US law covering government organizations (heading 5), military (heading 10), penal code (heading 18) and public contract (heading 41). The most important laws of these laws are summarized as follows. 18 USC. §§ 201 (c) prohibits civil servants from adopting or accepting certain precious items for public action. However, as detailed in the Regulations of the Government Ethics Office (OGE) and the Department of Defense Joint Ethics ("JER"), this rule has some exceptions. For example, a federal employee receives an unsolicited gift of "trace" value (defined as a zero price of less than $ 20) from a "prohibited source of funds" (ie government contractor) be able to.