Maria Perez, CFA, is a portfolio manager for an advisory firm that utilizes external mutual funds. The firm has a committee that selects external funds, using an analytical model to determine their choices. Although Perez has no reason to question the committee's research process, she does not like the committee's choice for a bond fund because it is not appropriate for all her clients. She researches and selects a different bond fund that better meets her clients' needs, but her manager tells her that she is not permitted to make independent fund purchase decisions. She then invests in the fund chosen by the committee for all of her clients. Has Perez most likely violated the Standards?