Posted: 3/28/2012
The Appearance of Impropriety
You’ve been discussing the possibility of a new product implementation with a vendor. For your next scheduled meeting, the vendor’s representative you’ve been working with suggests meeting at the local pub down the street. At the end of the meeting, the representative offers to pick up the tab. Your company doesn’t have a policy about not accepting gifts, but you don’t feel comfortable with letting the representative pay for your order. You try to give him some cash, but he waves off the offer.