Code of Ethics
Procurement professionals must have a highly developed sense of professional ethics to protect their own and their institution’s reputation for fair dealing. To strengthen ethical awareness, and to provide guidelines for its members, NAEP has long promoted a code of ethics.
- Give first consideration to the objectives and policies of my institution.
- Strive to obtain the maximum value for each dollar of expenditure.
- Decline personal gifts or gratuities.
- Grant all competitive suppliers equal consideration insofar as state or federal statute and institutional policy permit.
- Conduct business with potential and current suppliers in an atmosphere of good faith, devoid of intentional misrepresentation.
- Demand honesty in sales representation whether offered through the medium of a verbal or written statement, an advertisement, or a sample of the product.
- Receive consent of originator of proprietary ideas and designs before using them for competitive Procurement purposes.
- Make every reasonable effort to negotiate an equitable and mutually agreeable settlement of any controversy with a supplier; and/or be willing to submit any major controversies to arbitration or other third party review, insofar as the established policies of my institution permit.
- Accord a prompt and courteous reception insofar as conditions permit to all who call on legitimate business missions.
- Cooperate with trade, industrial and professional associations, and with governmental and private agencies for the purposes of promoting and developing sound business methods.
- Foster fair, ethical and legal trade practices.
- Counsel and cooperate with NAEP members and promote a spirit of unity and a keen interest in professional growth among them.
Excerpted from
https://www.naepnet.org
Code of Ethics for Public Officers and Employees
(Found in Chapter 112 {Part III} of the Florida Statutes)
112.313 Standards of conduct for public officers, employees of agencies, and local
government attorneys.--
- DEFINITION.--As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, the term "public officer" includes any person elected or appointed to hold office in any agency, including any person serving on an advisory body.
- SOLICITATION OR ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS.--No public officer, employee of an agency, local government attorney, or candidate for nomination or election shall solicit or accept anything of value to the recipient, including a gift, loan, reward, promise of future employment, favor, or service, based upon any understanding that the vote, official action, or judgment of the public officer, employee, local government attorney, or candidate would be influenced thereby.
- DOING BUSINESS WITH ONE'S AGENCY.--No employee of an agency acting in his or her official capacity as a Procurement
agent, or public officer acting in his or her official capacity, shall either directly
or indirectly purchase, rent, or lease any realty, goods, or services for his or her
own agency from any business entity of which the officer or employee or the officer's
or employee's spouse or child is an officer, partner, director, or proprietor or in
which such officer or employee or the officer's or employee's spouse or child, or
any combination of them, has a material interest. Nor shall a public officer or employee,
acting in a private capacity, rent, lease, or sell any realty, goods, or services
to the officer's or employee's own agency, if he or she is a state officer or employee,
or to any political subdivision or any agency thereof, if he or she is serving as
an officer or employee of that political subdivision. The foregoing shall not apply
to district offices maintained by legislators when such offices are located in the
legislator's place of business or when such offices are on property wholly or partially
owned by the legislator. This subsection shall not affect or be construed to prohibit
contracts entered into prior to:
- October 1, 1975.
- Qualification for elective office.
- Appointment to public office.
- Beginning public employment.
- UNAUTHORIZED COMPENSATION.--No public officer, employee of an agency, or local government attorney or his or her spouse or minor child shall, at any time, accept any compensation, payment, or thing of value when such public officer, employee, or local government attorney knows, or, with the exercise of reasonable care, should know, that it was given to influence a vote or other action in which the officer, employee, or local government attorney was expected to participate in his or her official capacity.