External resources are required for a program . The program manager receives bids from multiple vendors and presents the top vendor to the program governance board. One program governance board member asks the program manager to select a vendor that was dismissed early in the selection process because they were not on the approved vendor list . The program manager learns that this program governance board member has a personal connection to this vendor.
What should the program manager do?
A . Add the vendor to the approved list
B . Report an ethics violation
C . Agree to engage the vendor due to the program governance board member’s program influence
D . Initiate a new vendor selection bid process
Answer: D