ETHICS AND ETHICAL PRACTICES ARE A MAJOR CONCERN IN THE REALM OF PUBLIC PURCHASING TODAY. WHILE LAWS AND RULES MESH TO PROVIDE A MECHANISM FOR PUBLIC PURCHASING, ONLY PEOPLE CAN MAKE IT WORK. IN PURCHASING, AS IN ALL FIELDS, THERE ARE VALUES OF PRIDE AND WORTH, THERE ARE STANDARDS AND IDEALS, AND THERE ARE SPECIFICS OF CONDUCT AND PERFORMANCES. IMPEDIMENTS TO THE PROCESS MUST BE DETECTED EARLY AND SAFEGUARDS PROVIDED AT ALL LEVELS. THIS APPLIES BOTH TO PURCHASING PERSONNEL AND THE VENDOR COMMUNITY. PURCHASING PERSONNEL MUST NOT EXERT OR ATTEMPT TO EXERT INFLUENCE TO OBTAIN "SPECIAL TREATMENT" FOR A VENDOR OR FROM A VENDOR.
NCDOT ETHICS POLICY
IT BECOMES IMPERATIVE, THEREFORE, THAT ALL PURCHASING PERSONNEL BE ENTIRELY COGNIZANT OF ALL THE NECESSITY FOR ETHICAL BEHAVIOR. IT TAKES ONLY THE SLIGHTEST HINT OF IMPROPRIETY TO CAST DOUBT ON BEHAVIOR. SOMETIMES, IT MAY BE EVEN MORE OF A PERCEPTION THAN AN ACTUAL EVENT.
