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We recommend that the Cabinet Office and departments consider ethical awareness a professional commercial capability requirement for those commissioning, procuring or managing government contracts. We recommend that the Crown Commercial Service working with Civil Service Learning and the Commissioning Academy arrange training on ethical awareness and disseminate best practice on ethical standards. 2 2 Committee of Public Accounts Contracting out public services to the private sector Forty-Seventh Report of Session 2013-14 p 8. 9 ETHICAL STANDARDS FOR PROVIDERS OF PUBLIC SERVICES