Purchase and corruption on private sector. Implementation of total quality management tools as a proposal to reduce corruption risks in organizations

Abstract

This article deals with the issue of corruption in the private sector, focusing
especially on the process carried out by different types of organizations for
the purchase of material resources (goods, products, etc.). It is based on
the hypothesis which states that the absence of internal regulations and
procedures for members of an organization to follow means a potential risk
of disloyal or corrupt practices. For this reason, the importance of dictating
rules, unifying and organizing the behavior of an organization is highlighted.
Taking the University of Durango Campus Morelia (UDCM) as a case study,
a general purchase procedure for the University is proposed. This procedure
is based on the knowledge and analysis of the information provided by the
directors and employees of the institution already mentioned, from direct
observation, from the review of relevant documentation and the implementation
of the corresponding quality tools: affinity diagram, relations diagram
and tree diagram. Apart from complementing the organization’s scenario,
these tools allow the identification of different strategies to achieve the aim
of improving purchase management and of reducing corruption risks.