Having experienced moderate growth in both their finances and employee base,the human

resources division of one-year-old start-up iNfinity Solutions Inc.has finally decided to take

better care of their 47 employees by instituting an employee incentive program.From a list of

12 companies all bidding to supply iNfinity's gift cards,the HR division has finally narrowed

the list down to two companies:Spread and Cardyton.With the deadline for deliberations just

a month away,John,the head of the HR division,randomly receives a set of gift cards from

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Spread for him and the rest of the division.

Question 9B:Should John accept these gifts or should he return them to Spread?