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The Importance of Ethical Procurement Practices in Public Sectors

The Procurement School

Author: Helen Doucette “Accept the bid from ABC Company” said the VP of Finance to the Director of Procurement. “I Many organizations have written policies and guidelines on Ethics, but is this situation an Ethical or Moral issue? In conducting research for this article, I found many definitions of ‘Ethics’.

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The impact of AI on public procurement: Introducing a new series

Open Contracting Partnership

As ever, we like to bring a goal-driven perspective to public procurement. And finally, performance monitoring with a focus on accountability regarding the ethical and data management specifics. Tendertrace ), pulling summaries from procurement documents to facilitate finding relevant opportunities (e.g.

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Governments need to plan for the entire product lifecycle when they purchase technology today

American City & Country

Transparency and accountability are crucial to maintaining public trust and require clear policies on surveillance use and data access.” Cunningham adds that proper training for system operators “must cover not only system operation but also legal and ethical considerations.” Contact him at michael.keating@informa.com.

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Public procurement of AI between opportunities and risks -- guest post by Giuseppe Bitti

How to Crack a Nut

Public procurement of AI between opportunities and risks Introduction In the past year, the growth in hype around AI and machine learning has been considerable. for law enforcement and essential public services), or not used at all (e.g. transparency for image manipulation), or substantial requirements (e.g.

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Digging out data to shine a light on public buying in Mongolia

Open Contracting Partnership

A commitment in Mongolia’s Open Government Partnership action plan proposes engaging with civil society on public procurement. Manual entries into the two main government databases at the Ministry of Finance and the Independent Agency for Anti-Corruption have created hundreds of errors.

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Job Opening: Purchasing Manager

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

Manages and oversees the central procurement system to maintain the integrity of the public procurement process and guard against ethical challenges and charges of fraud, waste or inefficiency. Experience and Training: Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, public administration or closely related field.

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Simplifying Public Sector Procurement: Strategies to Increase Sme Participation

The Procurement School

The intention is to encourage consideration of ways to simplify and open opportunities for SMEs to efficiently participate in more public procurements. The suggestions apply to all segments of competitive bidding, including the SME segments of Supplier Diversity, Indigenous and Social Procurement.