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Po Collins and Bill Kaplan

NCMA Board of Directors

19 Jan 2013

10:15-11:00

Ethical Principles as Your Business Foundation

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What is Ethics?

Answer: Doing the right thing even when no one is looking.

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What is Ethics at the Chapter Level?

Answer:

1. The baseline of your Chapter’s operations

2. Sound business judgment and common sense

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Servant Leadership

• 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?

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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?

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Chapter Leadership Breakdowns in Your Code of Ethics

• How can they happen?

• Have you had one?

• How did you address/resolve it?

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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?

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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!

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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

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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?

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Sign the Code of Ethics