This case is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please visit http://store.darden.virginia.edu/giving-voice-to-values. Giving Voice to Values (GVV) is an innovative curriculum for values-driven management and leadership, designed to be integrated across the core business curriculum as well as to stand alone. This case concerns a civil service officer managing a sugar cooperative who is pressured by an Indian state government official to disregard the stated bidding criteria and accept a bid for new machinery as a favor.