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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 4: Transverse Procurement Themes
4.1. Risk Management
4.1.1. Risk analysis and management
4.1.2. Risk and risk management in the procurement process
4.2. E-Procurement
4.2.1. Introduction
4.2.2. E-procurement tools and applications
4.2.3. E-procurement in the procurement cycle
4.2.4. E-procurement strategy – costs, benefits and risks
4.2.5. Legal aspects of e-procurement
4.3. Logistics
4.3.1. Introduction
4.3.2. Logistics planning process
4.3.3. Logistics requirements for goods
4.3.4. Restrictions on the export or import of goods
4.4. Ethics in Procurement
4.4.1. Introduction
4.4.2. Codes of conduct
4.4.3. Stewardship
4.4.4. Ethical concepts and principles
4.4.5. Ethical risks and actions to manage them
4.4.6. Potential areas of risk in the procurement cycle
4.5. Sustainable Procurement
4.5.1. Introduction
4.5.2. Aim and challenge
4.5.3. Potential benefits
4.5.4. Procurement as a mechanism to further economic, social and environmental development
4.5.5. Benefits, barriers and drivers
4.5.6. Sustainable procurement in the procurement process
4.5.7. Conclusion - environmental and social criteria
4.4. Ethics in Procurement
4.4.1. Introduction
There are two definitions of ethics as follows:
The moral principles governing or influencing conduct.
The branch of knowledge concerned with moral principles (The concise Oxford dictionary of current English).
Ethics is the basis on which most of the procurement related principles, such as fairness, integrity, and transparency, are based.
Professional standards of ethical conduct, no matter what the organization, contain typical characteristics, including commitments to:
Behave honourably in all aspects of work and professional activity.
Conduct oneself in such a manner as to maintain trust and confidence in the integrity of the acquisition