Title: Explain the legal and ethical considerations of purchasing.
Course: Culinary Arts I (16052-I) > Section: Exploring the Purchasing and Receiving of Goods

Explanation should include

- laws governing or related to purchasing
- ethical reasons for the use of a competitive, fair, bid-based purchasing system
- reasons why a purchasing system should be open to all prospective, reputable purveyors.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- Why should purchase specifications be consistently followed within a food service operation and by its suppliers?
- What are the legal ramifications of involvement in price fixing, kickbacks, and embezzlement?

Communication

- Why are purchase orders used?

Leadership

- How can a food service employee determine whether a supplier is reputable?

Management

- What purchasing practices might be deemed unethical?
- What controls can be put into place to guarantee legal and ethical purchasing?
- Why is record keeping so important to purchasing?
- How long should purchase orders and other purchase records be kept?