Defense Contracting Ethics: Why Compliance Alone Won't Save You

Compliance training completion rates don’t stop fraud — culture does. In defense contracting, treating ethics and compliance as “two pillars” sounds sensible, but business ethics keynote speaker Chuck Gallagher argues it’s exactly how good contractors end up facing the DOJ. Drawing on False Claims Act realities and real program-office pressures, this article explains why reactive compliance fails when schedules slip and costs rise — and what proactive ethical decision-making actually looks like on the proposal floor.

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