What Is the Best Control to Mitigate the Threat of Paying

question 14

Multiple Choice

What is the best control to mitigate the threat of paying prices that are too high for goods ordered?

• A) require the receiving department to verify the existence of a valid purchase order
• B) use only approved suppliers and solicit competitive bids
• C) only pay invoices that are supported by the original voucher package
• D) use bar-code technology to eliminate data entry errors

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Definitions:

Moral Notion

A concept related to the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong.

Moral Conviction

A strongly held belief in the rightness or wrongness of actions, which guides moral behavior and judgments.

Social Conventional Reasoning

Focuses on conventional rules established by social consensus, as opposed to moral reasoning that stresses ethical issues.

Social Consensus

Agreement among members of a group or society on beliefs, values, or behaviors.