Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 8, 2024

Inter-Personal Conduct and Ethics For the first parallel panel of the early afternoon session, moderator Abby Cohen Smutny was joined by speakers Funke Adekoya , Brandon Bang , Nicolás Gálvez Solis , Matthew Gearing KC and Jonathan Lim to discuss ICCA’s Guidelines on Standards of Practice.

Ethics 52

Ethics Participation Import Sustainability 52

WashngtonExec

MARCH 11, 2025

Denise Johnson, Battelle Denise Johnson Vice President of Health Research and Analytics, Battelle Denise Johnson spearheads a team committed to advancing scientific endeavors that improve health outcomes, support quality patient care, and drive groundbreaking innovations in health and biomedical research.

Ethics 40

Ethics Innovation Quality Integrity 40

FedInsider

OCTOBER 11, 2024

As Americans’ expectations of government services continues to grow, harnessing generative AI (GenAI) provides leaders with opportunities to improve delivery through streamlined software development, enhanced workforce efficiency, and strategic decision-making.

IT 97

IT Ethics Participation Networking 97

AWS Public Sector

JULY 31, 2024

McGraw Hill is also looking at tools to support efficient content discovery, and making product development more agile and responsive to customer needs, using AWS generative AI services. There is a key role that technology providers need to play to enable appropriate and ethical use of generative AI tools.

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Education Collaboration Utilities Quality 130

ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2023

This demonstrates that businesses increasingly recognize diversity as a global issue and these programs provide an “ethical” mechanism to connect with customers through community engagement. However, the ethical justification is no longer the totality of the value proposition as leaders now see the overall value for their business. .

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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

JULY 18, 2017

Essential Functions of the Job: Recommends, implements and maintains City purchasing systems for maximum efficiency and to achieve optimum life-cycle cost for all goods and services purchased. Oversees the analysis of cost, performance, quality, service and delivery.

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Purchasing Management Warehouse E-procurement 100

Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The National Anti-Corruption Program , recently approved by the Parliament, gives civil society organizations (CSOs) and media a greater role in preventing corruption and “strengthening an ethical, corruption-free public service.” Enter Data Club This is where our work at the Mongolian Data Club comes in.

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Data Corruption Supplier Public Procurement 123

GovLoop

MAY 1, 2024

Data ethics Consider potential individual/societal impacts in data collection, use and storage. Set quality standards and weed out low-quality data. Establish rules for tagging unstructured data to allow for efficient AI searches. Collective data stewardship Ensure accountability throughout the data life cycle.

Data 52

Data End to End Quality Ethics 52

GovLoop

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

AI offers government agencies unprecedented opportunities to enhance efficiency, improve decision-making and deliver better services to citizens. Identify specific use cases where AI can add value, whether it’s improving service delivery, enhancing operational efficiency or addressing regulatory compliance.”

Quality 52

Quality Ethics Data Import 52

Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

These public procurement principles allow businesses of all sizes to participate equitably, protect the integrity of taxpayer money, and encourage competition and efficiency. Value for money procurement goes beyond selecting the lowest-cost supplier; it considers the most advantageous combination of price, quality, and sustainability.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Transparency Procurement Tender 52

Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 7, 2024

These pivotal topics comprised: the ethical considerations guiding arbitration, the transformative impact of technology in arbitration, and the evolving values and expectations that drive the international arbitration community. Another focus was the tension between due process and efficiency in arbitration proceedings.

Ethics 52

Ethics Balance Import Integration 52

Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

JULY 17, 2024

To enhance our status and ensure that we are providing optimum value without reducing quality, we can work to a LEAN approach. The logic behind LEAN is to reduce waste and make processes more efficient. Are they planning the route to be the most efficient or are they doubling back on themselves? How much stock is being held?

Inventory 59

Inventory Manufacturing Transportation Transportation 59

The Procurement School

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The intention is to encourage consideration of ways to simplify and open opportunities for SMEs to efficiently participate in more public procurements. Thankfully, there are methods that encourage procurement simplification and SME participation while maintaining a balance between risk, quality, and standards.

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Participation Procurement Strategies Procurement Buyers 52

Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Value: Smart Spending, Not Just Cheap Deals It’s not just about the lowest priceit’s about quality, long-term savings, and corporate social responsibility. Governments aim to support ethical, sustainable businesses while getting the best value. It outlines pricing, service quality and other key details.

Public Procurement 52

Public Procurement Procurement Supplier Tender 52

Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 16, 2024

Electronic data review has become commonplace, offering efficiency over manual methods, especially for extensive data. However, the use of AI necessitates ethical and procedural considerations. Potential concerns arise with regard to (deep-)fakes in videos, photos and audios.

Ethics 90

Ethics Data Integration Integrity 90

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Public contracts matter, he says: “The government allocates 32% of the country’s budget towards goods, services, and public works, to secure the rights and enhance the quality of life for citizens. DCGP’s data quality has continuously improved over the last decade, enabling increasingly detailed analysis. Efficiency is key.

Corruption 78

Corruption Collaboration Data Public Procurement 78

Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Pre-negotiated terms are provided that reduce the complexity for contracting authorities in procurement whilst allowing suppliers to capture opportunities more efficiently. Working with one supplier under single-supplier systems guarantees constant quality and easier administration. What Are Framework Agreements?

Framework Agreement 52

Framework Agreement Procurement Supplier Tender 52

The Procurement School

APRIL 22, 2024

A lack of clarity will be reflected in the quality of the solicitation document, the evaluation criteria and the bid submissions. For example, setting the pricing allocation too high indicates that the solicitation issuer is more interested in price than quality.

Procurement 52

Procurement Market Analysis Bidder Public Procurement 52

Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Key Issues in the Ethics of International Arbitration Practice The second panel addressed key issues in the ethics of arbitration, in a session moderated by Erin Collins (Associate, DLA Piper LLP) and a panel composed of M. The panel discussed the ethics of expert preparation across legal cultures. Further, Ms.

Ethics 52

Ethics Insurance Participation Import 52

GovLoop

JUNE 16, 2023

For one program, they increased service delivery by 20% — and without affecting the quality of service or the size of the staff. “We were asking questions around the completeness and accuracy of the data, and about getting it where we needed it and when we needed it,” Cooke said. The effort paid off.

Data 52

Data Education Quality Strategic Planning 52

Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 20, 2024

The changes provide not just incremental improvements for efficiency and integrity of proceedings, but also changes to reflect developing societal norms, such as environmental impact and diversity. Also, our 2024 HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules came into effect on 1 June 2024, which is a refinement of the well-received 2018 version.

Efficiency 52

Efficiency Innovation Leadership Capacity 52

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 21, 2024

This can help answer customer queries efficiently, pinpoint changes to contracts, and accurately assess risks such as fraud. At the bottom layer of the generative AI stack, it is vital to have high quality, up-to-date data for training the models. A critical step to achieving this is moving data to the cloud.

Sustainability 78

Sustainability Data Innovation Transparency 78

ivalua

MARCH 3, 2020

Also, the gates to become a supplier to a large company are typically designed with bigger organizations in mind : dependency criteria, environmental charters, ethical declaration, quality labels, etc. Cash being a matter of survival for startups, this is a critical point to be addressed in a perspective of collaboration.

Procurement 72

Procurement Supplier Collaboration Innovation 72

ivalua

JUNE 1, 2022

In addition, quality is the cornerstone of the food and beverage industry and effective sourcing and forecasting is crucial to their operational success. Amrest requires efficient supply chain schedules to operate effectively to deliver high standards of customer service on a daily basis. . Bridging the visibility and liquidity gaps.

Finance 52

Finance Supply Chain Procurement Supplier 52

ivalua

DECEMBER 14, 2020

In this way, they can be ready to face a crisis like Covid-19 or various other potential challenges — extreme weather caused by climate change, consumer demand for sustainable and ethically produced goods, trade wars or political tensions, to name a few. .

Procurement 52

Procurement Supply Chain Supplier Manufacturing 52

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Under pressure to quickly identify new sources of supply, due diligence has–at times been reduced, thereby increasing the likelihood of quality issues, unknowingly supporting forced labor, or exposing organizations to fraud. Supply chains can be both more efficient and more resilient with greater transparency into supply and demand.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Risk Management Management Supplier 52

Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 8, 2024

Inter-Personal Conduct and Ethics For the first parallel panel of the early afternoon session, moderator Abby Cohen Smutny was joined by speakers Funke Adekoya , Brandon Bang , Nicolás Gálvez Solis , Matthew Gearing KC and Jonathan Lim to discuss ICCA’s Guidelines on Standards of Practice.

Participation 52

Participation Import Sustainability Ethics 52

Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 6, 2023

See, for example, prior coverage on Kluwer Arbitration Blog on related topics, such as building quality and trust in the arbitral process and the Spanish Arbitration Club’s code of best practice in arbitration.

IT 45

IT Ethics Participation Accountability 45

ivalua

MAY 18, 2022

At the same time, organizations have never been more exposed to risk from their supply chains, from supply continuity, quality, or ESG violations. Most supply risks, whether from disruptions or ethical violations, lurk not among immediate suppliers, but in the sub-tier. Map your Sub – tier.

Supplier 52

Supplier Management Collaboration Supply Chain 52

How to Crack a Nut

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Furthermore, in any case both the technical and the governance dimensions should be considered: the focus should not be limited to assessing the technical functionalities of the solution or its capacity to perform in a series of targeted tests, but also the adequacy of the set of control and quality management mechanisms implemented by the provider.

Public Procurement 59

Public Procurement Procurement Supplier Evaluation 59

Select GCR

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Key Takeaways Federal contractors must adhere to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), which ensures fair, transparent, and efficient procurement processes. Its primary aim is to ensure that the procurement processes conducted by federal agencies are fair, transparent, and efficient, thereby maintaining public confidence.

Government 52

Government Government Government Contracts Transparency 52

AWS Public Sector

JUNE 24, 2024

AWS offers a comprehensive suite of data services, such as Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) for secure and scalable data storage, Amazon SageMaker Ground Truth for creating high-quality training datasets, and AWS Lake Formation for building and managing data lakes with automated governance and compliance controls.

Government 80

Government Government Ethics Transparency 80

Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 20, 2024

While the latter group has indeed contributed to an orderly improvement of the ISDS processes with focus on ethics, transparency and efficiency, the former group has forced terminations of several treaties and the triggering of sunset clauses with rather little tangible outcomes.

Ethics 52

Ethics Balance Corruption Transparency 52

FedScoop

JANUARY 22, 2024

This risk raises critical ethical and legal issues — and also poses a challenge as federal agencies ramp up their efforts to support AI research. We invite Stanford researchers to join LAION to improve our datasets and to develop efficient filters for detecting harmful content,” a spokesperson added.

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Collaboration Data Ethics Accountability 126

AWS Public Sector

MARCH 21, 2025

Fair Trade USA is a nonprofit organization that is committed to eliminating poverty by promoting sustainable development through ethical trade. This data, collected in multiple languages, comes in various formats and degrees of completeness and quality. The following Figure 1 shows the architecture.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Sustainability Purchasing Data 52

AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The success of any RAG implementation fundamentally depends on the quality, accessibility, and organization of its underlying data foundation. Robust data processing pipeline A sophisticated data processing pipeline maintains Alfreds knowledge base and promotes high-quality responses.

Quality 64

Quality Data Management Ethics 64

Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

They called for the inclusion of users and experts to ensure technical soundness and efficiency. A significant concern within the Peruvian arbitral system is the existence of arbitration centers that fail to meet even minimum quality standards.

IT 52

IT Quality Transparency Public Procurement 52