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A large U.S. government investigation into arms procurement procedures with corporate contractors has recently led to guilty pleas to fraud and illegal use of classified documents. Operation Ill Wind has brought public attention to the criminal and unethical conduct of large defense contractors in their dealings with the government. This article will review how the defense contract bidding process operates and why illegal activity has been able to compromise the process. We will offer proposals to improve the process in light of the present inquiry.
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Paul Lansing is Professor of Business Law at the University of Illinois. Previous articles have appeared in the Harvard International Law Journal; New York University Journal of International Law and Politics; the Journal of Corporation Law; the Journal of Business Ethics and others.
Kimberly Burkard received her M.B.A. from the University of Iowa.
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Lansing, P., Burkard, K. Ethics and the defense procurement system. J Bus Ethics 10, 357–364 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00383237
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00383237