01061nas a2200169   4500000000100000000000100001000000100002008004100003653001900044653002100063653002400084653002100108653001200129100001800141245008400159520064800243       2017                            d10acode of ethics10adefence industry10aDefence procurement10aintegrity policy10aUkraine1 aTodor Tagarev00aDefence-Industrial Cooperation with Foreign Countries: Best Practices of Ethics3 aIn a presentation to the conference on “Security Sector Governance: Defence Production, Sales and Acquisitions” in Kyiv, Ukraine, the author aims to raise the awareness among Ukrainian stakeholders on existing policies, standards, and good practices in corporate ethics of defence companies. The paper outlines key considerations in establishing defence-industrial cooperation across borders and the principles of business ethics. Then it provides examples from the most recent “Company Index” of Transparency International and concludes by emphasising ethical behaviour as a key pre-condition for solid defence industrial cooperation.