What conduct or activity is prohibited by the Code of Ethics?
There are a variety of actions which are prohibited. A summary of those would be, as follows: • Receipt of a thing of economic value from a source other than the governmental entity for the performance of official duties and responsibilities. • Receipt of a thing of economic value for the performance of a service substantially related to public duties or which draws on non-public information. • Receipt of a thing of economic value by a public servant for services rendered to or for the following: • persons who have or are seeking to obtain a contractual or other business or financial relationship with the public servant’s agency; • persons who are regulated by the public employee’s agency; or • persons who have substantial economic interests which may be substantially affected by the performance or nonperformance of the public employee’s official duties. These same restrictions apply to the public servant’s spouse and to any legal entity in which the public servant exercises control