Conflict of Interest

It is vital that purchasing agents avoid any form of conflicts of interest - a situation where a personal interest of a university employee (financial, relationship, or otherwise) is inconsistent with, interferes with, compromises, or could compromise the best interests of the university. See the Conflict of Interest policy

Requests (requisitions, POs, payments, creating suppliers, etc.) requiring purchasing approvals must be submitted by the originating department, so that a situation is not created in which members of the purchasing department are both the requestor and approver.