The classification screen

4 questions before you choose the route.

This page identifies the right question and evidence. It does not determine the legal outcome on a reader’s facts.

01

Who is related to whom?

Family, side company, director.

Map
02

Was it disclosed and recused?

Handbook vs silence.

Disclose
03

Is there a kickback on top?

Bribery overlay.

Kickback
04

Vendor still needed?

DD or exit.

Vendor

Working rule: Conflicts sit at the junction of Company Law (director/shareholder related-party rules), labour/handbook duties, and AUCL if the conflict is a kickback in disguise.

What changes the answer

The signal ledger.

These facts move the question beyond a label and into a product, money-flow and control analysis.

Signal
Ask the operating question
Why it changes the route
Policy without a register
Annual PDF, no disclosures.
Empty.
‘My cousin’s price is better’
No bid file.
Red flag.
Ignore Company Law related-party
Director voting on their own deal.
Invalidable.
Prepare before you escalate

Bring a compact evidence docket—not a pitch deck.

Give a compliance team or counsel the operating facts that reveal the perimeter.

01Disclosure formsIf any.
02Vendor USCC vs employee familyMatch.
03Approval trailWho signed.
Common confusions

Questions people ask before they build.

Short answers for orientation. The right result can change with the service model and current rules.

Is a family vendor automatically illegal?

Undisclosed and unmanaged is the problem. Some groups allow it with recusal and pricing evidence.

Is this bribery?

If money flows back to the employee, yes it may be. Open the bribery pages.

Primary authorities

Reviewed sources support orientation, not a fact-specific assessment.

PRC Anti-Unfair Competition Law (NPC)
SAMR
Supreme People’s Procuratorate
National laws database (NPC)