A senior manager recommends a supplier to the manager and says it is his friend. The senior manager also suggests that the manager should buy products from this friend's factory. In the end, the manager signed for a large number of goods without verifying the quality of the items in order to not to offend the senior manager. However, the goods were found to have serious quality problems and caused the company to lose money.

What kind of workplace fraud is involved in this scenario? What types of policies or controls should have been in place to prevent this? [3 marks]