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Ethical Principles as Your Business Foundation . Po Collins and Bill Kaplan NCMA Board of Directors 19 Jan 2013 10:15-11:00 . Answer: Doing the right thing even when no one is looking. What is Ethics?. What is Ethics at the Chapter Level?. Answer:
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Ethical Principles as Your Business Foundation Po Collins and Bill Kaplan NCMA Board of Directors 19 Jan 2013 10:15-11:00
Answer: Doing the right thing even when no one is looking. What is Ethics?
What is Ethics at the Chapter Level? Answer: • The baseline of your Chapter’s operations • Sound business judgment and common sense
What is “servant leadership?” Servant leadership is both a leadership philosophy and set of leadership practices. Traditional leadership generally involves the accumulation and exercise of power by one at the “top of the pyramid.” By comparison, the servant-leader shares power, puts the needs of others first and helps people develop and perform as highly as possible. Is this a (ethical) requirement for a chapter leader? Why or why not? Servant Leadership
Contract Management Code of Ethics • What is it? Have you seen it? • What does your chapter have for ethical operating principles? • How did you develop them? • Did your chapter leadership sign them?
Chapter Leadership Breakdowns in Your Code of Ethics • How can they happen? • Have you had one? • How did you address/resolve it?
Ethics Challenges • Procedures to address challenges • Ethical vs. legal challenges • Do you know when to seek legal counsel? • Do you have legal counsel to contact?
Operating in the Gray Areas • Be thoughtful • Be introspective • Be mindful of short term and long term outcomes of your decisions • Understand the public perception of your actions • Be transparent • Be a leader!
Examples to Keep Ethics in Focus in Your Chapter Messaging • Each meeting have a volunteer take one of the 7 elements of the • NCMA Code of Ethics and lead a 5 minute discussion of that • element and its meaning – personally and chapter • Speaker topics: • Unique ethical standards required for doing business with the Federal Government vs. private sector • The key elements of FAR 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Compliance -- compliance programs and audit compliance • The Defense Industry Initiative on Business Ethics and Conduct (known as DII). Website: http://www.dii.org/ • Discuss a recent ethical breach in the news and what it means to the profession • Feature ethics-related table topics
How Do You Know that You Are Making the Right (Ethical) Decisions? • If you can you answer the following question: • Am I proud to tell my family • and friends what I did today?