Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 4, 2024

Professor Garth’s talk will offer a rigorous exploration of the ethical and moral foundations that have influenced international arbitration throughout its history. Day Two: Advocacy, Procedures, and Ethics in Focus Our second day shifts focus towards how people shape international arbitration.

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SmallGovCon

MARCH 22, 2024

Is your March Madness bracket breaking government ethics rules? Made Washington State Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Marketing and Selling Low-Quality Ballistic Protective Equipment Produced in China to Dozens of Law Enforcement Agencies and the U.S. Enjoy your weekend!

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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. The idea sparked debate as it could undermine one of arbitration’s core values—party autonomy.

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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. Collective data stewardship Ensure accountability throughout the data life cycle. Assign specific data management-related roles. Set uniform security and privacy policies.

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GovLoop

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

It’s important to prioritize data quality to build trust with end users. Inaccurate or low-quality data can lead to misleading outputs. Implement robust data governance frameworks to ensure the ethical use of data and protect against breaches,” she said. It’s also important to prioritize strong data governance and security.

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Quality Data Import Ethics 52

FedScoop

AUGUST 14, 2024

Despite the seen-it-all quality to Kaouk’s federal government career, serving as chief artificial intelligence officer and CDO at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission since December has kicked things up a notch. For starters, there’s a machine-learning tool that detects anomalies in algorithms that’s focused on improving data quality.

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FedScoop

APRIL 12, 2024

“These tools have the potential to lower the barriers and costs of practicing before the office as well as helping law practitioners offer services to their clients with improved quality and efficiency,” the notice states. “As

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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

A significant concern within the Peruvian arbitral system is the existence of arbitration centers that fail to meet even minimum quality standards. This is particularly problematic given that many involved in establishing these centers lack arbitration experience, and some demonstrably lack ethical standards.

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Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

KPIs are popularly related to areas such as: On time delivery Amount of rejects Cost reduction Ethical conduct Sustainable approaches Lead times KPIs can be written to measure any aspect of supplier performance but must be relevant to the contract to add value. The issue could be a minor blip in production but it could be more serious.

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How to Crack a Nut

JULY 1, 2024

For example, where ethical walls need to be set up within the bidding organisation to prevent conflicts of interest, how can I be sure that a shared AI bot won’t take information from one side of the ethical wall and feed it to the other? Adherence to ethical guidelines, ensuring that there is no theft of intellectual property.

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Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 5, 2024

And finally, performance monitoring with a focus on accountability regarding the ethical and data management specifics. For example, our partners at ChileCompra will talk about how they developed their ethical framework for procuring AI technology , including templates for tender documents.

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ivalua

AUGUST 11, 2021

Responsible sourcing is the incorporation of ethical, sustainable and socially conscious principles into sourcing, procurement and overall supply chain management practices. There is a growing trend among consumers for responsible sourcing or ethical sourcing. Responsible sourcing requires a shift in thinking and priorities.

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Oles Morrison

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

WHEN: October 12-13 8:30AM – 11:45AM (PT, each day) WHERE: Online COST: $25 The Federal Contracting Seminar is brought to you by a partnership with Oles Morrison Rinker Baker LLP , Pacific NW Defense Coalition , AGC , and Washington PTAC with the goal of providing high quality training to businesses throughout the region.

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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.

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Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

JANUARY 29, 2024

Considerations when buying from overseas should include: Exchange rate volatility Extended lead times Cultural, language and time differences Different accepted standards of ethics and working conditions Political unrest Larger carbon footprint Quality concerns Lack of control IPR risk Extended supply chain equating to more management required Consider (..)

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Global Sourcing IT Price Supplier 59

Public Contracting Institute

MAY 20, 2024

Compliance and Ethics Government construction projects are subject to strict compliance requirements and ethical standards. It’s essential to understand and adhere to these regulations to avoid legal and reputational risks.

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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.” Of course, the more reliable and continuous the government data supply is, the better.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

By working closely with suppliers, organizations can ensure quality, on-time deliveries, and mutually beneficial partnerships. Sustainable procurement focuses on purchasing products and services that have minimal environmental impact, are ethically sourced, and support fair labor practices.

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ivalua

JUNE 29, 2021

Global governments and businesses are now recognizing diversity programs as an effective “ethical” mechanism to increase community engagement and correct systemic issues or historic inequality. However, the ethical justification is no longer the totality of the value proposition. Building Business Cases and Momentum.

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Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

MAY 28, 2024

An attractive account is one that pays on time, communicates well, promotes innovation, builds trust, is ethically aware, forward thinking, environmentally friendly and sustainability focused. In this situation a supplier may seek to take advantage and price above the average or reduce quality.

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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. This approach was first implemented in manufacturing in the 1950s after the Second World War. The logic behind LEAN is to reduce waste and make processes more efficient.

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Inventory Manufacturing Transportation Transportation 59

Extract Systems

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Members pay dues to the organization to call themselves Realtors and assure home sellers and home buyers that they are aligned with the organization’s strict policies on ethics and home transactions.

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Extract Systems

AUGUST 15, 2023

There are sessions on Day 2 discussing the uses and ethical implication of Chat GPT and other AI tools, another on Technology Enhanced Courtrooms, and one focused on how to handle data requests. These are only three examples of great presentations (all on Day 1!) slated for this year’s conference.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 17, 2023

A vital piece of the puzzle is to select a high-quality quantum expert to help present a client’s case. Herfried recommends that counsel select an expert who understands the applicable law, has strong analytical skills, and maintains credibility and ethical standards that allow the arbitral tribunal to rely upon the expert’s assessments.

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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. Smagin , 599 U.S.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 16, 2024

However, the use of AI necessitates ethical and procedural considerations. Parties or arbitrators using AI tools must ensure the confidentiality of the proceedings, while also scrutinizing the origin and quality of historical training data to prevent bias and replication.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Will it raise the quality and speed of your output? For managers, Kinnard says it’s critical to understand the ethical issues that may complicate AI use. Getting used to AI can be an uncertain journey. Will it expand the scope of your job, or put it at risk? AI doesn’t come with agency-centered values.

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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.

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AWS Public Sector

MAY 8, 2024

Moving forward responsibly with generative AI When it comes to navigating ethical and responsible use of AI in healthcare, accuracy, security, privacy, and fairness are paramount considerations. At AWS, we have tools to help your organization get started with AI safely and responsibly.

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Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

JULY 18, 2017

Oversees the analysis of cost, performance, quality, service and delivery. 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.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Lowering due diligence standards can lead to unexpected quality, ethical, or sustainability issues.

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How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

I continue exploring the use of public procurement as a tool of digital regulation (or ‘AI regulation by contract’ as shorthand)—ie as a mechanism to promote transparency, explainability, cyber security, ethical and legal compliance leading to trustworthiness, etc in the adoption of digital technologies by the public sector.

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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.

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AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

In addition to boasting a high-quality performance, Anthropic’s Claude model has been trained using a ‘ Constitutional AI ’ approach to reinforce secure, ethical behavior.

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Public Contracting Institute

MARCH 29, 2024

A study featured on GovLoop highlights the strategic advantage of cultural competence in improving service quality and addressing racial and ethnic disparities. It emphasizes the development of a workforce adept in delivering high-quality services to all, irrespective of cultural or linguistic backgrounds.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Strategic suppliers deliver additional benefits to your enterprise beyond typical operational aspects such as cost, quality and service. ethics, workforce, environmental) once in production. A critical supplier has value and cultural alignment as a transactional supplier , but not as much as a strategic supplier does.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 20, 2024

However, amid various outreach efforts, my main priority is always to ensure that HKIAC’s case administration, arbitral appointment functions, and hearing services are consistently efficient and of top quality, as this is the only way to ensure that parties continue to place their trust in us.

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