Competency Module: Ethics, Integrity, and Transparency

• Compare and contrast examples of statutory, administrative law, common law, and policy that define illegal and unethical behavior.
• Assess ethical responses to specific procurement situations.
• Explain the importance of ethics and professionalism in public procurement.
Identify components of a policy and procedure that openly and fairly disclose a procurement process as regulated by various levels/branches of government.
• Identify issues which inhibit high ethical standards application, particularly relating to gender, generational and diverse cultural norms.

This offering is targeted to individuals who meet or exceed the following professional demographics:  

• Entry-level public procurement and central warehouse professionals who serve as assistants, coordinators, buyers, or equivalent functions within their respective entities.   

• Non-procurement managers and supervisors who are responsible for either the procurement function or staff who provide procurement functions under delegated authority.   

• Professionals who are employed by governing entities and special authorities (such as K-12 and higher education, publicly-owned utilities, transportation providers, and other publicly-funded or created organizations) that either serve within or manage the procurement function.  

• Suppliers or representatives of suppliers seeking to understand the public procurement function from a holistic level, including the policies, standards, and procedures by which public entities must function.