A current political issue is the continued award of public contracts to KPMG despite prior controversy regarding confidential information leaks, while government reviews continue. The broader commercial lesson is not about KPMG specifically. The market is seeing greater focus on:

– Supplier ethics

– Reputational risk

– Governance failures

– Debarment and exclusion mechanisms

We can expect contracting authorities to conduct more rigorous supplier integrity assessments and maybe greater use of the 10 c Model when making selection decisions.