Archive:Government Ethics Act

**THE UNIVERSAL TRIUMVIRATE GOVERNMENT ETHICS ACT**
**3.3.12 | 11.25.13**
Ehtya, Minor Executive, Chief Ambassador, Founding Executive
Major Executive and Chief Attorney Arnold Ogamon, Major Executive and Head of Commerce and Industry Stavrok

**A Law** to restrict the ethical misconduct by Triumvirate government officials, to prevent corruption from infiltrating the noble government of the Triumvirate, and to set ethical rules for government employees.

**Section 1: Bribery**

No person may accept any form of bribe from any person. No one may bribe any other person or institution. Lower level bribery in which the value of the bribe is less than 50 tri shall be considered a class I misdemeanor. Bribery in which the value of the bribe is between 50 and 200 tri shall be considered a class V felony. Bribery in which the value of the bribe is between 200 and 500 tri shall be considered a class IV felony. High bribery in which the value of the bribe is 500 tri or more shall be considered a class II felony. The guilt of the crime shall go to the briber but, should the person receiving the bribe accept it, they too shall face the same charge and crime.
**Section 1.1: Gifts**
Gifts (with value under 30 tri made by someone with reasonable position to give a gift to the subject) shall not be construed as bribes.
**Section 1.2: General Public Discounts**
No product discount offered to the general public or others of similar position shall be construed as a bribe.
**Section 2: First Priority to the Government**

No Executive may ever work for any individual or group while they are in the Executive Branch. They are permitted to own and operate their own business in the Triumvirate while serving as an Executive but may not fall subject as an employee, subordinate, or independent contractor while they are an Executive.
**Section 3: Blackmail**

No person in the Triumvirate may blackmail any other person in the Triumvirate. Doing so shall constitute a class IV felony
**Section 4: Speaking for the Executive Branch**

No Executive may speak for the collective Executive Branch unless:
A) They are delivering the State of the Union.
B) They are the acting Major Executive.
C) The Executive Branch has voted and approved that they may do so for a specific situation.
**Section 5: Speaking for the Administrative Branch**

No person may speak for the collective Administrative Branch unless:
A) They are the Speaker of the Administration or acting speaker.
B) The Speaker or the Administrative Branch has appointed them to do so.
**Section 6: Conflict of Interest**

An Executive or Administrator should exclude themselves on all votes in which they have a personal conflict of interest, aren’t educated on the matter enough, or they are unable to vote. A conflict of interest applies solely to a personal conflict of interest, not a professional or political one.
**Section 5.1: Payment Conflict**
If an Executive/Administrator or their IOF is the topic of a vote involving payment to them, that Executive/Administrator should excuse themselves from the vote.
**Section 6: Reflect the Office**

All government officials must act in a way that reflects the respect the government of the Triumvirate maintains.
**Section 7: Standing Committee on Governmental Ethics Oversight**

The Standing Committee on Governmental Ethics may subpoena any government official for ethics investigations and require their testimony and statements on an event involving them. During the testimony process, no official is permitted to reveal sensitive information, but they must give accurate answers to the committee members on matter that is not sensitive. From time to time the Committee shall release ethics investigation reports containing information related to the events they have investigated. During the course of investigations, it shall be the duty of the committee to recommend to the branches of government, disciplinary action for unethical activities by officials.
**Section 8: Minimum Pay to Government Employees**

All citizens employed by the government of the Triumvirate, be it falling under an agency or Department or any other government entity, are entitled to be paid at least 15 tri per trimester unless prohibited by another law or the Constitution (e.g. Executives and Administrators are not permitted to be paid for service). This shall not extend to any justice or judge.
Individual Executives or Administrators may continue to keep assistants and aides not paid, but may choose to pay them from their own personal funds or from that of their office or other entitlements.
**Section 9: Political Action by Government Employees**

No public employee may engage in political actions or activities while actively performing their duties and may not use any power of their office to aide in a campaign or election. Doing so shall be considered a class I misdemeanor.