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TOP TEN ETHICS RULES Employees, Officials, and Advisory Board Members Need to Remember About the Code of Ethics
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TOP TEN ETHICS RULESEmployees, O�cials, andAdvisory Board MembersNeed to Remember About the Code of Ethics
CONTACT USSteven P. CullenExecutive DirectorPalm Beach County Commission on EthicsThe Historic 1916 PBC Courthouse300 N. Dixie Hwy, Suite 450West Palm Beach, FL 33401Telephone: 561-355-1915 877-766-5920Website: www.palmbeachcountyethics.comEmail: [email protected]
1. ALWAYS… ASK FIRST, ACT LATERGIFTS2. You may not accept more than $100 peryear in gifts from a lobbyist, principal oremployer of a lobbyist or person or entity thatdoes business with your employer.3. Gifts from persons or entities which totalmore than $100 per year, other than thoseprohibited above, must be reported on a form.There are 11 gift exceptions. Immediatelyrefuse or return gifts which are prohibited.USE OF OFFICIAL POSITION4. You may not use your official position togive a special financial benefit to yourself,broadly defined family members, an outsideemployer or business and other definedentities, or “corruptly” use your authority forany person’s benefit.5. You may not contract with, or do businesswith, your employer. There are 5 exceptions.6. Travel expenses, given by persons orentities who are vendors or bidding to bevendors of your governmental employer areprohibited unless waived by your governingbody, or unless they are from anothergovernmental entity.
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OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT7. Generally, subject to your employer’s rules,you may work for an outside employer thatdoes not do business with your county ormunicipal employer. It may even be permissibleto work part-time for an outside employer thatdoes do business with your employer, if certainconditions are met.VOTING CONFLICTS8. Officials and advisory board members maynot participate in and vote on matters whichgive a special financial benefit to themselves,or those within in a chain of relationship(s).MISCELLANEOUS9. You may not use “inside information” tobenefit yourself or others. You must be honestin statements made on your employmentapplication. If you have hiring authority, or theability to advocate to one who does, you maynot hire, or promote the hiring of, a broadlydefined family member. 10. The Code of Ethics imposes otherrestrictions on lobbyists, advisory boardmembers and the activities of certainemployees after they leave employment.
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1. ALWAYS… ASK FIRST, ACT LATERGIFTS2. You may not accept more than $100 peryear in gifts from a lobbyist, principal oremployer of a lobbyist or person or entity thatdoes business with your employer.3. Gifts from persons or entities which totalmore than $100 per year, other than thoseprohibited above, must be reported on a form.There are 11 gift exceptions. Immediatelyrefuse or return gifts which are prohibited.USE OF OFFICIAL POSITION4. You may not use your official position togive a special financial benefit to yourself,broadly defined family members, an outsideemployer or business and other definedentities, or “corruptly” use your authority forany person’s benefit.5. You may not contract with, or do businesswith, your employer. There are 5 exceptions.6. Travel expenses, given by persons orentities who are vendors or bidding to bevendors of your governmental employer areprohibited unless waived by your governingbody, or unless they are from anothergovernmental entity.
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OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT7. Generally, subject to your employer’s rules,you may work for an outside employer thatdoes not do business with your county ormunicipal employer. It may even be permissibleto work part-time for an outside employer thatdoes do business with your employer, if certainconditions are met.VOTING CONFLICTS8. Officials and advisory board members maynot participate in and vote on matters whichgive a special financial benefit to themselves,or those within in a chain of relationship(s).MISCELLANEOUS9. You may not use “inside information” tobenefit yourself or others. You must be honestin statements made on your employmentapplication. If you have hiring authority, or theability to advocate to one who does, you maynot hire, or promote the hiring of, a broadlydefined family member. 10. The Code of Ethics imposes otherrestrictions on lobbyists, advisory boardmembers and the activities of certainemployees after they leave employment.
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TOP TEN ETHICS RULES
Advisory Board MembersNeed to Remember About the Code of Ethics
CONTACT USPalm Beach County Commission on EthicsThe Historic 1916 PBC Courthouse300 N. Dixie Hwy, Suite 450West Palm Beach, FL 33401Telephone: 561-355-1915 877-766-5920Website: www.palmbeachcountyethics.comEmail: [email protected]
