# Presentation: 293536

## Ethics

## Definitions

-  Ethics is the discipline dealing with what is good and bad with Moral, Duty, and Obligations.
- Ethical conduct is conforming to accepted professional standards of conduct.

## Ethical Conduct

-  **Principle** - Public service is a public trust, requiring:
- Loyalty of members
- Honest effort in performing duties
- Impartiality
- Protection of Federal property
- Disclosure of Waste Fraud and Abuse
- Satisfaction of financial obligations

## Ethical Conduct

-  **Basic Concepts** - Members shall:
- Apply principles to propriety of 	conduct
- Avoid appearance of violation of the laws governing ethics
- Seek advice of agency “Ethics Official” whenever in doubt

## Ethics Issues

- Impartiality in performing official duties.
- Misuse of position.
- Political/social activities.

## Official Duties

-  Impartiality in performance
- Specific authorization required if impartiality in question
- Matters covered
- Self-interest, member of household, close personal or any business relationships.
- Disqualification
- Applies

## Misuse of Position

-  Involves -
- Use of CAP office for private gain
- Revelation of non-public information
- Unauthorized use of government property

##       Use of CAP Resources

- Equipment
- Communications
- Vehicles
- CAP position

## General Rule

-  “Employees shall protect and conserve federal property and shall not use it for other than authorized purposes”
- 5 CFR 2635.101(b)(9)

##   What is Authorized?

-  Personal Use:  unrelated to mission
-                          (no permission)

- Personal Use:  supportive of mission
-                         (with supervisor’s permission)

- Official Use:  directly related to mission
-                        accomplishment

- No

- Caution

- Yes

##          Authorized Personal Use

- Personal Use: (supportive of mission)
- Does not adversely affect performance of official duties
- Is of reasonable duration and frequency
- Serves a legitimate public interest
- Does not reflect adversely on DoD or CAP

## Authorized Personal Use

- Can you use the office copier to make 100 copies of your letter to friends announcing your 15 year old son’s graduation from medical school?
- Personal Use: (supportive of mission)
- Does not adversely affect performance of official duties
- Is of reasonable duration and frequency
- Serves a legitimate public interest
- Does not reflect adversely on DoD or CAP

## Authorized Personal Use

- Can you use your computer at work after hours to type your annual Christmas letter?
- Personal Use: (supportive of mission)
- Does not adversely affect performance of official duties
- Is of reasonable duration and frequency
- Serves a legitimate public interest
- Does not reflect adversely on DoD or CAP

## Authorized Personal Use

- Can you use the office ZIP code directory to locate the zip code of an old boyfriend who just hit the lottery?
- Personal Use: (supportive of mission)
- Does not adversely affect performance of official duties
- Is of reasonable duration and frequency
- Serves a legitimate public interest
- Does not reflect adversely on DoD or CAP

## Guiding Principles

- BALANCE TEST

**Value to CAP**
**Value to Society**

**Cost to CAP**
**Susceptibility to Abuse**
**Visibility**
**Sleaziness**

- Rule #1:	CAP resources are for the benefit of the CAP
- Rule #2	Sometimes, the CAP benefits by allowing its
- 		members to use CAP resources
- 		-Make employees more efficient
- 		-Improve employee morale
- 		-Increase public’s confidence in the CAP

##    The Devil is in the...Details

- OFFICIAL USE: Determined by mission. Must be directly related to and necessary for accomplishing the mission.
- MISSION: Will differ from agency to agency, office to office

- PERSONAL USE:
- SUPERVISOR’S APPROVAL:
- 1. Formal Regulation
- 2. Office Policy
- 3. Case by Case

## Equipment       (Computers, Copiers, Printers)

**OFFICIAL USE****:  Accomplish mission**

**PERSONAL USE****:**
**- Does not adversely affect official duties**
**- Is of reasonable duration and frequency**
**- Is performed on employee’s personal time**
**- Serves a legitimate public interest**
**- Does not reflect adversely on CAP**
**- Creates no significant additional cost to CAP**
**- ****AUTHORIZED BY SUPERVISOR**

## Supplies        (Paper, Pens, Paper Clips, Etc.)

** ****OFFICIAL USE****:  Accomplish mission**

**PERSONAL USE****: **
**- May not create significant additional cost to CAP**
**- Must serve legitimate public interest**
**CONCLUSION:  ****Rarely appropriate**** ****to use supplies**
**	****	****  ****for personal use**

##         Pop Quiz - True/False

**1.  May I use the office copier to make myself a personal copy of  **
**     ****my daughter’s report card to send to her grandparents?**
**2.  May I use the copier to reproduce 75 color copies of my**
**     ****daughter's graduation from Mrs. Smith's Finishing School and **
**     ****Mud Wrestling Academy?**
**3.  May I use the copier to reproduce 200 copies of HQ CAP **
**Commanders address to the graduating class of Mrs. Smith's school?**
**4.  May I use the office fax to receive a 40 page personal fax?**

##          Use of CAP Communications    Systems at CAP Expense

- MAY BE USED WHEN:
-  - Necessary in CAP’s interest
-  - Personal communications in
-    emergencies
-  - Approved personal communications when
-    deployed
-  - Notify family of schedule change when on
-    official travel

**FAX**

##           Use of CAP Communications Systems Not at CAP Expense

- Limited Personal Use:
**- No adverse effect on official duties**
**- Reasonable duration and frequency**
**- Serve legitimate public interest**
**- No adverse reflection on Government**
**- Do not overburden communications, no**
**  ****significant additional cost to DoD and no long  **
**  ****distance charge to Government**

## Privacy

- Any official or personal use may be monitored by the CAP
-  - E-mail notes
-  - Internet searches

## Pop Quiz - True/False

- You may use CAP communications systems to:
- 1.  Send Faxes to advertise sale of your car
- 2.  Do a 12-minute lunchtime internet search on your
-      gardening hobby
- 3.  Make toll-free long-distance call for honeymoon
-      reservations

## Use of Government Position

**	****Endorsements**
**	****Fundraising**
**	****Benefits**

## CAP Owned Vehicles

**PERSONAL USE:  Authorized Purposes  **
**  ****- TDY**
- -**Lodging**
**-Restaurants**
**-Religious Services**
**-****NOT**** Entertainment**

**OFFICIAL USE****:  Accomplish mission**

## Pop Quiz-True/False

**1.****	****Since my organization is downsizing, may I use my CAP **
**	****computer during duty hours to prepare my resume?**
**2.****	****May I use my name and title to ask employees to support the **
**	****Cadet Fund Raising Activity?**
**3.****	****May I take a CAP vehicle to a fitness center to exercise while ****	****on TDY?**

## Miscellaneous Resources

- - Food
- - Business Cards
- - Gifts
- - Stamps and Mail
- - Credit Cards

## Hypothetical

**Your subordinate is the secretary of the local PTA.  He asks**
** ****you if he can do the following things using CAP equipment:  **
**	**
**	****1.  telephone five people to set up a meeting **
**	****2.  use his computer to type the agenda **
**	****3.  e-mail notices of the meeting to 200 members **
**	****4.  make 200 copies of the agenda**
**	****5.  fax an invitation to Scott Adams to be a speaker **
**	****     ****at the meeting (long distance)**