* Do not accept money, goods, services, or favors from suppliers
in exchange for information, decisions in their favor, or,
really, anything else.
* Comply with your employer's policy on accepting gifts, meals,
and entertainment from suppliers.
* If your employer's supplier gift policy allows gifts to be
accepted from foreign suppliers for cultural reasons,
distribute those gifts to others in the organization who are
not involved in decisions affecting the associated suppliers.
* When weighted supplier selection criteria are established
before soliciting bids, do not change the weightings or
criteria after receiving bids unless legitimate, new
information has been discovered.
* Do not "use" prospective suppliers solely to pressure
incumbent suppliers - only request bids from suppliers who
truly have a chance of winning your employer's business.
* Never share a supplier's proposal details with another
supplier unless required by law.
* Never buy or hold the stock of your employer's suppliers.
* If a relative, friend, or yourself owns, manages, or sells
for a supplier, recuse yourself from decisions involving that
supplier and do not access related information unavailable to
competing suppliers.
* Either avoid soliciting charitable donations from suppliers
or ensure that suppliers know that donating or declining to
donate will not impact the opportunity to do business with
your employer.
* If you have a second job, do not use the time or resources of
your primary employer to perform activities related to that
second job.
* If you have a second job, do not use your primary employer's
information to support your second job.
* If you have a second job, do not sell to the suppliers of
your primary employer.
* Actively try to educate other employees - including those
outside of the procurement department - about ethical
supplier interaction.