SEARCHING FOR HONOR: TRENDS IN FEDERAL ACQUISITION ETHICS

• Published in: Contract management Vol. 45; no. 12; p. 14
• Main Author: Alstott, James D
• Format: Magazine Article
• Language: English
• Published: McLean National Contract Management Association 01.12.2005
• Subjects: Codes; Comparative analysis; Contract management; Contractors; Defense contracts; Government employees; Polls & surveys; Professional ethics; Professionals; Public sector; Trends; United States > US

Reports of ethics failures in the public sector are frequently in the news, despite numerous laws and codes of conduct that define acceptable behavior. To address the lack of information on the factors that actually affect ethics in public service or the acquisition arena or whether there are any tr...