Vendor´s role in enhancing integrity Research Department
Integrity as a challenge: How much corruption do we have in
the public market place?
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Transparency international index 2010
Chile ranks 21
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Satisfaction components
2. Integrity perception
1. Transaction costs
Win rate
Vendor´s role: The supplier viewWhat elements make vulnerable the Public Procurement Process?
Vendors opinion: 13% have a poor opinion of public procurement (60% positive)
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Check and balance structures in the public market place
MERCADO PÚBLICO
Media and public opinion
Tribunal
Agencies’ Internal control
General Audit
Congress
Privates
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Although transparency is fairly acceptable it must be strengthen.
Historically, enhancing integrity has been a public sector challenge. Privates has been out of
the discussion.
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Vendor´s role: the supplier view
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The importance of vendors in the Defense of Integrity
Vendor´s role: the supplier practice (declared)
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In your company…Total (Yes) Average
Do you have implemented any code of conduct or ethics to guide the behavior of the company in relation to integrity?
68,7%
Are there clear rules to solve disputes related to conflict of interest? 76,9%Is there a policy to regulate presents to private or public buyers ? 53,7%Are potential conflicts of interests regulated in your company? 41,0%
Does your company provides training on INTEGRITY? 36,6%Within your company, do you have an integrity compliance officer? 39,6%Do you periodically perform external evaluations of compliance with INTEGRITY? 22,4%Does your company publicly discuss about the importance of integrity? 64,2%Are there mechanisms to enhance integrity in contract management? 47,8%Does the INTEGRITY play an important role in personnel management? 82,1%
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Vendors seems to be aware of the relevance of integrity and they have some
practices to avoid bribing and other misbehaviors, but more incentives are
needed.
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In the regulatory framework
• 20.393 article 10 bane private contractors surpirsed of bribing or trying to bribe a public official. (due process is requiered)
• This is a new concept in Chilean legislation and it was one the requirement to access OECD.
• Chilecompra is responsible for the registry.
• There is no vendors in this situation yet.
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In public tenders
• ChileCompra has the possibility to include specific clauses in any call for proposal to regulate specific issues. This clauses are not mandatory.
• In this case, we should include requirements on vendor’s integrity practices in the tender documents.
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Vendor´s role in enhancing integrity Research Department