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  • Different coloured pencils © Shutterstock Sharpening up their actSmaller, minority-owned suppliers in the US are often outperforming their larger counterparts – and are being snapped up as a result. But is this growing trend to use more diverse suppliers echoed across the world?
  • Paraglider © Shutterstock From gamekeeper to poacherHow can you prevent buyers leaving your company and using what they know 
to join a supplier 
to your business instead? And 
should you?
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Supply Business editor Rebecca Ellinor selects a recent article highlighting key considerations for global procurement and supply chain professionals.

Ethics articles

  • Different coloured pencils © Shutterstock Sharpening up their actSmaller, minority-owned suppliers in the US are often outperforming their larger counterparts – and are being snapped up as a result. But is this growing trend to use more diverse suppliers echoed across the world?
  • Sound bites: March 2013Executives, the public and politicians on matters of business, procurement 
and supply.
  • CSR update - March 2013Fashion brands make detox pledge; Vanilla farmers scoop investment; Charity urges action on labour; Planet “at risk of bankruptcy”.
  • Confessions of indiscretionsStories of bribery and corruption make headlines worldwide. Reporting problems to the authorities could be a way to minimise the reputational and commercial impact of these, but are the incentives in the UK strong enough?
  • Starbucks sign © Akin Falope Taxing issuesDoes the furore over corporation tax avoidance give businesses another reputational concern? And if so, what can and should CFOs and CPOs do about it? Anna Scott finds out.
  • Paraglider © Shutterstock From gamekeeper to poacherHow can you prevent buyers leaving your company and using what they know 
to join a supplier 
to your business instead? And 
should you?
  • "Managing fraud risk" book cover Managing fraud risk: a practical 
guide for directors and managersSteve Giles; Wiley; £34.99/$56.46
  • Bellagio hotel, Las Vegas © MGN Resorts CSR update - January 2013MGM Resorts scoops Green Keys award for CSR; Coca-Cola reports on sustainability; L'Oreal leads way with Social Change award; Noble secures water rights.
  • Sound bites - January 2013Executives, the public and politicians on matters of procurement 
and supply.
  • Pactum Serva – but only if it suits us!Richard Tadman wonders how many of today's buyers remember to observe the CIPS motto.
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