Ethical Procurement and Supply

60 hours

Level 3

CIPS — Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply

english

Course Overview

Sourcing decisions carry reputational and legal weight. Learn how to deliver value for money using the five rights, build defensible specifications, apply quality assurance, and embed the CIPS Code of Conduct into daily practice. Includes how to identify and resolve conflicts of interest before they become problems.

What you will learn

Apply the five rights and value-for-money criteria to compare supplier proposals
Run each stage of the sourcing process from needs identification to supplier selection
Apply the CIPS Code of Conduct to resolve a conflict-of-interest scenario
Measure procurement performance using cycle times, customer service indicators, and budget variance

Course Details

Core module · 6 credits · Objective Response (OR) exam · 2-hour duration. The module that turns 'sourcing a supplier' into a structured, defensible practice. You'll cover the techniques used to deliver added value (value for money, value engineering, five rights), each stage of the sourcing process from need definition to performance measurement, the CIPS Code of Conduct and how to apply it, and the customer-service and budget-control measures that signal whether procurement is performing.

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