Rick is the project manager of a construction project. He is in a process to procure someconstruction equipments. There are four vendors available for supplying the equipments. Rickdoes not want one…

Rick is the project manager of a construction project. He is in a process to procure someconstruction equipments. There are four vendors available for supplying the equipments. Rickdoes not want one of them to participate in the bidding as he has some personal grudges against the owner of the vendor. This is the violation of which of the following categories of the Project Management Institute Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct?