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Article: Detect and prevent antitrust violations.(Cover Story)
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- Public Management
- Article date:
- January 1, 1998
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1998 International City-County Management Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Bid rigging, price fixing, and other typical antitrust violations have a more devastating effect on the American public than any other type of economic crime. Such illegal activity contributes to inflation, shakes public confidence in the country's economy, and undermines our system of free enterprise. In the case of government procurement, such crimes increase the costs of government, boost taxes, and erode the citizens' trust in their government.
Because managers receive bids and quotes and award contracts, they are in a good position to observe and identify violations of the antitrust laws. If all those involved in procurement had a working knowledge of the ...