Key ethical issues in business contracting

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Blanton Reeve is a supplier for a medium-sized housewares company. Jerry, the newly hired procurement manager for the housewares company, studied all of the files for information on all of the current suppliers. In examining the file for Blanton Reeve, Jerry discovered that during the contract negotiation process, another firm should have been awarded the contract. Jerry researched more into the details of the contract with Blanton Reeve and Jon Johnson, the former procurement manager who awarded the contract to Reeve. Jerry learned that Johnson’s son began working for Blanton soon after the contract was awarded. Currently, Johnson works for another firm that has ties to Blanton Reeve.

Discuss the key ethical issues in business contracting, answering the following questions:

Is there evidence of bribery by Blanton Reeve to secure a contract?

How should Jerry proceed from this point forward?

What are the consequences to ABC if Jerry overlooked this as a coincidence?

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Although we cannot eliminate the chances that the current situation is purely coincidental, there is high evidence of bribery by Blanton Reeves to secure a contract with the medium-sized housewares company. The fact that the contract should have been awarded to a different company but was not begs the question why it happened like that. It is also unlikely that it is purely coincidental that the son of John Johnson started working for Blanton Reeves immediately the contract was awarded. This could be evidence that Jon Johnson awarded the contract to Blanton Reeves only after he received a bribery which could be, but is not limited to securing employment at the company for his son. The…………….

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