CREATe.org Launches Whitepaper on Government Procurement Driving Responsible Business Practices
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
WASHINGTON, D.C., September 25, 2013 - The Center for Responsible Enterprise and
Trade (CREATe.org) today released a whitepaper addressing how governments use
purchasing power to insist that contractors improve business practices and
collaborate with supply chain partners to ensure they adopt programs to prevent
corruption and IP theft.
Entitled Government Procurement: Driving Responsible Business Practices, the
paper highlights how counterfeiting, piracy and corruption can disrupt and taint
government procurement channels and pose significant risks to individuals,
companies, governments and societies. For example:
* The EU Commissioner for Home Affairs, Cecilia Malmstrom, recently stated
that an estimated ?120 billion is lost to corruption in government
procurement each year throughout the 27 EU Member States. The anti-
corruption group Transparency International has drawn a linkage between this
corruption and the European region's ongoing fiscal crisis.
* Interpol's secretary-general recently noted that while 40 years of terrorism
has killed 65,000 people globally, counterfeit medicines killed 200,000
people in China in one year alone.
* In January 2012, the U.S. Air Force suspended Hong Dark Electronic Trade
Company of China and various of its subsidiaries from further government
contracting after an investigation revealed that Hong Dark sold more than
80,000 suspect counterfeit electronic parts to Department of Defense
contractors and that many of these parts ultimately were installed on
military aircraft
The whitepaper also outlines how governments are using new rules to require
companies to be more diligent and provides examples that demonstrate the trend
of governments to tighten up legal liability, management systems requirements
and ongoing review of compliance by contractors and their suppliers. For
example:
* Under California procurement law, a state contractor must "certify that it
has appropriate systems and controls in place to ensure that State funds
will not be used in the performance of this Contract for the acquisition,
operation or maintenance of computer software in violation of copyright
laws."
* In December 2011, the European Commission published a proposal to revise the
EU Public Procurement Directive that, in addition to reaffirming that
government contracts should not be awarded to companies that have been found
guilty of corruption or fraud, also would authorize contracting authorities
to exclude bidders for violations of competition rules or intellectual
property rights.
"Governments spend on average 10-15% of GDP on procurement, at an annual rate of
U.S. $4 trillion, and as such, have vast influence on how contractors and
millions of suppliers conduct business. The increase in government procurement
rules, particularly around anti-corruption, counterfeits and piracy, require new
levels of diligence and compliance to mitigate risks," said Pamela Passman,
president and chief executive officer, CREATe.org.
The whitepaper also features best practices that contractors can take to foster
compliance with procurement requirements. These include:
(1) Promote transparency in supply chains;
(2) Encourage greater supply chain accountability;
(3) Foster cooperation and information sharing;
(4) Develop 'risk maps' to identify high-risk activities by suppliers; and
(5) Encourage close cooperation on responsible supply chain practices.
Please visit www.CREATe.org to download a copy of the full report.
About CREATe.org
Founded in October 2011, The Center for Responsible Enterprise And Trade
(CREATe.org) is a global non-profit organization dedicated to helping companies
and their suppliers and business partners reduce counterfeiting, piracy, trade
secret theft and corruption. We believe that by improving practices along global
supply chains, companies can help drive jobs, growth and innovation - benefiting
their own businesses, the global economy, and the communities where they
operate. By partnering with governments, academia, non-profits, think tanks and
associations, we hope to amplify the work of each.
To achieve our shared goals, we have developed CREATe Leading Practices for IP
Protection and CREATe Leading Practices for Anti-Corruption. Our three-step
program is available in English, Chinese and Brazilian Portuguese and includes
practical, scalable and cost-effective online assessments, independent
evaluations, training and other resources designed to benchmark and improve
processes for safeguarding IP and preventing corruption.
Please follow us on Twitter (at)CREATe_org or connect with us on LinkedIn.
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Director of Marketing and Communications
206.855.5575
awalker(at)create.org
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