Running Head: Ethics and Contracting Ethics and Contracts Strayer University October 23‚ 2011 Abstract The question‚ “Does Business and Ethics Still Exist?” has generally caused honest business owners and also government agencies to ponder this notion. Even though the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) is established in order to prevent unethical practices by contractors and government agencies failing to abide by this regulation‚ does not mean everyone it pertains
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Corruption in Government Contracting Corruption‚ what is it and why does it seem to flourish in the world of business and in particular government contracting? Corruption as defined by Webster’s dictionary is a lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain (“corruption‚” 2010). All over the world there are stories of corruption from money laundering‚ unfair awarding of contracts‚ bribery‚ and even espionage. Procurement and
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Assignment 2: Socioeconomics of Government Contracting Tyasheen Anderson Dr. Bonita Campbell LEG440 February 3‚ 2013 After reading the sample request for proposal‚ it has been determined that the proposal does not meet the government’s standard form for solicitation. A typical form is much lengthier than the provided sample; however the information provided is very straight to the point. It does specify the services they would like to have performed and does ask the bidder to provide
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High-Tech Government Contracting Terri Guillory Strayer University Dr. Calvin Lathan III BUS319007VA016-1126-001 September 16‚ 2012 FedBizOpps FedBizOpps‚ or FBO‚ is the Federal government’s web site that posts all Federal procurement opportunities over opportunities with a value over $25‚000. It can be thought of as the U.S. Government’s proposal central‚ or better yet‚ a request for proposal (RFP) central (“TurboGSA/What is a FedBizOpps/What is FedBizOpps?‚” n.d.‚ para. 1). Top Three
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Assignment 3: Encouragement of Small Business Diana ALTOFT Professor Whitney Davis LEG440 11/13/2012 Government contracting can be a very lucrative endeavor for the small business owner‚ especially if you fall in one of the minority groups supported by the government’s socioeconomic programs. The encouragement of small business is an important goal of the government that is addressed by the Federal Acquisition Regulations. As stated in Feldman (2012)‚ although the government’s primary
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Entering and contracting Entering and contracting are the initial steps taken in the OD process‚ and is considered by many as one the most important steps of the process. The entering and contracting step will be utilized to set the pace and lay the foundation for the practitioner client relationship. They involve a preliminary evaluation of the organization’s opportunities for development‚ while establishing a collaborative relationship between the OD practitioner and the members of the client
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Ethics and Government Angela M. Roberson SOC 120: Introduction to Ethics and Social Responsibility Professor Kay Green May 30‚ 2010 Ethics is defined as a set of principles of right conduct. It is also a theory or a system of moral values (Merriman/Webster online dictionary). Government Ethics is often times referred to an oxy-moron. The reason for this is that many believe that our government does not have ethics in decision making. In this paper I will attempt to analyze the links between
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Government and Ethics Ethics is the study of what is right and what is wrong. In our daily lives were continuously forced to make simple and important decisions. Ethics help to guide people’s behavior and assist them in coming to conclusions. There is not an exact rule to what is morally correct because some people view things differently but by having a general since of what is ethically appropriate it can help a society function in a civilized manner. The role of government in ethics‚ and
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Alpha Contracting Michelle McCoy July 25‚ 2011 William Salinas ACM 394 Introduction to Contract Management Alpha Contracting Alpha Contracting is defined as an acquisition process adopted to reduce the acquisition cyle time by replacing a serial process with a concurrent one‚ through government/contractor teaming without compromising the standard of a fair and reasonable price. This process involves the integration of the Program Manager/Acquisition Manager (PM/AM)‚ the Contracting Officer
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Subject: Galt Contracting 1) What are the advantages and disadvantages of paying tree planters on a piece-rate system? On a flat-rate system? Advantages of the piece rate system: The tree planters’ work hard because they are paid a certain amount of money on each piece of tree planted. The experienced tree planter plants up to 1300 seedlings because they do not take a lunch break and keep on working in order to make good money. Each planter is assigned by a piece of land so that they work properly
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