Summary
Accepting gifts and entertainment can cause a conflict, or the appearance of a conflict, between personal interests and professional responsibility. Employees should not accept any gift from a supplier, potential supplier, government agent, or other third party as a means toward influencing or directing the decision making process related to employment, contracts, licenses, audits, accreditation, or programs.
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| Department: Human Resources |
| Effective Date: 6/2012 |
| Revised Date: 4/2019 |
| Cabinet Approval Date: 4/29/2019 |
| Next Review Date: 4/1/2021 |
| Policy: Employee Handbook; Article XV, Section 10-1 to 10-3, Section II: Administrative Policies of the Board of Trustees |
| Responsible Cabinet Member: Associate Vice President of Human Resources |
| Approved By: Sheila Quirk-Bailey |
Operational Standard/Purpose
Accepting gifts and entertainment can cause a conflict, or the appearance of a conflict, between personal interests and professional responsibility. Employees should not accept any gift from a supplier, potential supplier, government agent, or other third party as a means toward influencing or directing the decision making process related to employment, contracts, licenses, audits, accreditation, or programs.
Refer to the Board of Trustees Gift Ban Policy for specific gift limits and exceptions and all other additional information.
Scope/Applicability
Refer to the Employee Handbook for additional information.
Procedures
- Should an employee receive a gift, they should take prompt action to inform their manager of the gift and return the gift or give the gift, or an amount equal to its value, to an appropriate not-for-profit charity.
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An officer or employee, or his or her spouse or an immediate family member living with the officer or employee, does not violate the gift ban policy if the recipient promptly takes reasonable action to return a gift from prohibited source to its source or gives the gift or an amount equal to its value to an appropriate charity that is exempt from income taxation under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as now or hereafter amended, renumbered, or succeeded