|
|
Article: Ethical dangers multiply. (personal relationships between buyers and suppliers may jeopardize purchasing process)
- Article from:
- Purchasing
- Article date:
- October 17, 1996
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. (US). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Due to an increase in "face time" between customer and supplier personnel, friendship now competes with bribes, kickbacks, and other gross acts of fraud as one of the greatest ethical threats to procurement personnel.
Responses to a Purchasing survey suggest that the era of supplier partnering has "expanded the grey area," and "blurred the lines," on ethics.
Typically, Bruce Spurrell, director of material and administrative services for Calavo Growers of Calif., worries about the threat of being "influenced by personal relationships with suppliers." Citing 20 years of career experience, a PM in Philadelphia also sees danger in forming "personal ...