Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3364 - University of Toledo › Chapter 3364-25 - Benefit Policies; Employment › Section 3364-25-18 - Conflict of interest and nepotism

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Policy
			 statement
Employees must always conduct
				themselves in a manner that fosters public confidence in the integrity of the
				university, its processes and its accomplishments. Employees must abide by
				protections to the public embodied in the Ohio ethics law and related statutes
				found in Chapters 102. and 2921. of the Revised Code, and as interpreted by the
				Ohio ethics commission and Ohio courts. These laws generally prohibit public
				officials and employees from misusing their position for their own personal
				benefit or the benefit of their family members or business associates. The
				conduct and activities of all employees is also subject to the bylaws of the
				board of trustees of the university (rule
				3364-1-06
				of the Administrative Code) and this rule.
(B)
								Purpose of
			 policy
To provide standards of conduct for
				employees in accordance with the Ohio ethics law and related
				statutes.
(C)
								Scope
This policy applies to all employees
				and applicants, except to the extent the activity or conduct is specifically
				governed by a separate agreement.
(D)
								
			 Definitions
(1)
									"Alternative arrangements" mean removing the responsibility
			 or influence to hire, promote, reclassify, supervise, direct, evaluate, or make
			 a salary recommendation, assign work or resources, approve leave requests, give
			 any benefit, or terminate employment for the family member and recusing self
			 from influencing any employment related decision. This includes relationships
			 that are established post-hire.
(2)
									"Anything of
			 value" includes anything of monetary value, including, but not limited to,
			 money, loans, gifts, food or beverages, social event tickets and expenses,
			 travel expenses, golf outings, consulting fees, compensation, or employment.
			 "Value" means worth greater than de minimis or nominal.
(3)
									"Business
			 associates" are parties who are joined together in a relationship for business
			 purposes or acting together to pursue a common business purpose or
			 enterprise.
(4)
									"Closely related by law, blood or marriage" means the
			 following relatives, regardless of where they reside: spouse, children (whether
			 dependent or independent), parents, in-loco parentis, grandparents,
			 grandchildren, siblings, aunts, uncles, in-laws, stepchildren, step-parents,
			 step-grandparents, step-siblings, step-aunts, step-uncles, regardless of where
			 they reside. It also includes any other persons related by law, blood or
			 marriage who reside in the same household.
(5)
									"Hiring agent"
			 means the university employee responsible for initiating and directing the
			 search and selecting a finalist for hire, or the person responsible for
			 approving the electronic personnel action form. Examples include, but are not
			 limited to, the provost, graduate medical education, faculty affairs, and human
			 resources.
(6)
									"Significant relationship" means people living together
			 as a spousal or family unit when not legally married or related where the
			 nature of the relationship may impair the objectivity or independence of
			 judgment of one individual working with the other.
(7)
									"Supervise" or
			 "supervision" means the direct ability or power to effectively recommend the
			 hire, transfer, suspension, layoff, recall, promotion, discharge, assignment,
			 reward, discipline or settlement of disciplinary grievances
or
appeals of another public employee, including the authority to order
			 personnel actions affecting the job.
(8)
									"University
			 employee" means any person who is appointed to or is an employee of the
			 university of Toledo, regardless of the source of funding for the employee's
			 position. University employee includes part-time interns, paid student help,
			 temporary, intermittent and seasonal employees.