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For many small businesses, the path to becoming a contractor for the Defense Department may be daunting. They must comply with many regulations that can pose serious challenges.
Navigating these regulations can be a complicated and perhaps intimidating process, with limited resources available to assist small businesses. Fortunately, the defense industry initiative (DII) on business ethics and conduct recognizes these challenges and has designed a small business toolkit, a comprehensive resource providing outlines, templates and examples of many of the required elements for an effective ethics and compliance program.
It includes everything necessary in creating a program compliant with complex federal procurement regulations and explains the nine elements of an effective ethics and compliance program.
Specifically, the toolkit provides detailed information and provides examples.
One section is governance and organization, which addresses key questions small businesses will face when establishing an ethics and compliance program, whether it's a single person or a full department.
The training and engagement section includes a PowerPoint presentation that can be customized for employers to train individuals involved in an organization's compliance program, as well as employees engaged in government contracts. It also includes 12 training case study videos and sample ethics communication documents.
The policies and procedures part features a DII model code of...