Question

You are the head of project division. When choosing a project, you decided to buy a machine from your brother’s company without telling your superiors. There were alternatives, but the quality of your brother’s machine is much better and cost effective. Did you do any wrong? Why? Why not?

Answer 1

As the head of the project division I am responsible for taking the best possible decision without any personal interest. In this situation I have taken the best decision however due to personal connects the decision of selecting the machine from my brother’s company should have been approved by the superiors. This is because there should have been a disclosure of personal interest which is present in this situation. The analysis and comparison as well as the basis for taking the decision should be presented to the superiors in order to display that the decision has been made in the best interests of the company and not in personal interest.