In today's scrutinized public sector environment, ethical procurement practices aren't just good governance—they build confidence and community trust. Our comprehensive one-day training program equips government professionals with the knowledge, tools, and confidence to navigate complex procurement decisions while maintaining the highest standards of probity and compliance.

By the end of this training, you’ll define and apply probity, ethics, and compliance principles, identify and manage conflicts of interest, Implement practical frameworks for ethical decision-making in complex situations, recognize red flags and respond appropriately to potentially problematic situations and improve supplier relationships and competitive bidding via increased organizational reputation.

Key inclusions for this training

•Foundation and framework: understand probity and why ethical procurement and contract management is important. Understand your role in maintaining public trust.

•Procurement fundamentals: the procurement lifecycle and key principles. Explore value for money and common risk areas and warning signs.

•Compliance: explore the legislation framework and mandatory obligations, tender thresholds and approval processes. Look at record keeping and the consequences of non-compliance.

•Good practice: the role stakeholders play and building an ethical culture. How to manage emergency procurement.

•Practical application: work through a complex problem solving scenario. Understand where to find useful resources and help.

Who should attend the Probity, Ethics and Compliance Training?

This course is designed for those who could have procurement and contract management activities come under scrutiny such as public sector organisations.