Case Study: Purchasing Ethics J.R. accepted a position at Cripple Creek Vocational University (CCUV) and he and his family made a permanent move. Soon, J.R. was promoted to Administrative Vice President, overseeing the purchasing department of the University. His oldest son, Jim, got a good job in educational equipment sales at Tiddley Computer Corporation in Fort Worth. As Vice President, J.R. quickly saw the need for 4 to 5 computers in his office. Although CCVU had a bidding policy, J.R. purchased Tiddley Corporation's computers direct from Tiddley for about $3500 each, when IBM clones were selling for around $2000 and the clone had more promising features than the Tiddley. Jim handled the sale and received a healthy commission on the sale. If the purchase had gone through the normal bidding process, the TC model would not have been selected. Tiddley's local Cripple Creek franchise dealer objected to Tiddley Corporation that his protected franchise had been bypassed in the deal.

Questions: Q1. Did J.R. followed any standard procurement process? If yes, please justify, in case of NO please mention why?

Q2. Did Jim Participated in bidding process?

Q3. Is it acceptable for a Vice President to bypass the normal routine to do business with a family member? If No, and if he did so which standard out of the 10 he violated?

Q4. In the above scenario, do you think if JR might have followed a normal routine process of procurement the results might have been different? Write any two major differences.