Standards of Ethical Conduct, Exec. Order 11222. Employee Responsibiities & Conduct, 5 C.F.R. 735.. Crimes & Criminal Conduct, 18 U.S.c. 201-210.... Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (As amended by Executive Order 11222 PRESCRIBING STANDARDS OF ETHICAL CONDUCT FOR GOVERNMENT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES By virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows: PART I-POLICY SECTION 101. Where government is based on the consent of the governed, every citizen is entitled to have complete confidence in the integrity of his government. Each individual officer, employee, or adviser of government must help to earn and must honor that trust by his own integrity and conduct in all official actions. PART II-STANDARDS OF CONDUCT SECTION 201. (a) Except in accordance with regulations issued pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, no employee shall solicit or accept, directly or indirectly, any gift, gratuity, favor, entertainment, loan, or any other thing of monetary value, from any person, corporation, or group which (1) has, or is seeking to obtain, contractual or other business or financial relationships with his agency; (2) conducts operations or activities which are regulated by his agency; or (3) has interests which may be substantially affected by the performance or nonperformance of his official duty. (b) Agency heads are authorized to issue regulations, coordinated and approved by the Civil Service Commission, implementing the provisions of subsection (a) of this section and to provide for such exceptions therein as may be necessary and appropriate in view of the nature of their agency's work and the duties and responsibilities of their employees. For example, it may be appropriate to provide exceptions (1) governing obvious family or personal relationships where the circumstances make it clear that it is those relationships rather than the business of the persons concerned which are the motivating factors the clearest illustration being the parents, children or spouses of federal employees; (2) permitting acceptance of food and refreshments available in the ordinary course of a luncheon or dinner or other 130 |