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sons. The private sector contractors must retain situational awareness of self-regulation industry initiatives and to understand how those practices relate to, support, or inform current government-mandated guidance for ethical practices in stability operations support service procurement. A failure to do so would result in non-compliance with mandated behavioral minimums, thus excluding them from being a viable bidder on government procurements. It is not easy to stay abreast of multiple regulations that have developed over recent years, but it is critical that companies invest the resources to do so. Regarding self-regulating accountability initiatives, this paper discusses the broad International Code of Conduct for Private Security Providers, compleme