Ethical governance explains what should matter.
Social value explains why it matters.
Power Group Purchasing™ © explains how to deliver it – lawfully, transparently, and in the national interest.
The Framework aligns lawful governance, ethical standards, community priorities, and sovereign capability within a single, integrated Governance Five™ System. By combining integrity, evidence, and participation, it turns compliance into confidence – helping organisations demonstrate accountability, fairness, and national-interest alignment in every decision.
Governance Five™ Flow
Govern → Engage → Aggregate → Deliver → Evolve™ ©
Power Group Purchasing™ © 2010–2025
Licensed Governance and Stakeholder-Engagement System
What it is
The Governance Five™ Flow defines how ethical decisions are made, how people are included, how value is delivered, and how accountability is maintained.
It is both a System (governance structure) and a Framework (operational process), ensuring fairness, transparency, and measurable impact across community, enterprise, and institutional settings.
1. Govern
Establish governance, integrity standards, and accountability.
Define values, scope, authority, and safeguards before any engagement occurs.
This creates a transparent and defensible foundation for decisions.
2. Engage
Invite structured participation from relevant stakeholders – communities, suppliers, enterprises, institutions, and government.
Engagement is impartial and inclusive.
Stakeholders help shape criteria, priorities, and measures of success before any commercial or policy step.
This builds trust and shared understanding.
3. Aggregate
Combine aligned needs, values, or resources into a transparent collective position.
Aggregation turns scattered individual interests into a unified, measurable opportunity.
In procurement this may mean pooled demand; in policy, aligned influence and common objectives.
4. Deliver
Execute ethically and transparently.
Delivery covers evaluation, negotiation, contracting, implementation, and reporting.
Outcomes must reflect the agreed criteria developed with stakeholders.
Performance is evidence-based, fair, and traceable.
5. Evolve
Monitor, review, and adapt.
Lessons, performance data, and lived outcomes are fed back into governance and engagement.
This closes the accountability loop and drives continuous social, environmental, and economic improvement.
Governance Five™ and When Governance Meets Grassroots™ are unregistered trade marks of C. Kechagias (ABN 30 492 616 774).
All use of the Power Group Purchasing™ © System and Framework is subject to licence.