Ohio Administrative Code › Title 182 - Southern Ohio Agricultural and Community Development › Chapter 182-1 - Ethics › Section 182-1-01 - Conflict of interest participation in grant, loan or contract review - Foundation board members

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Foundation
			 board members who also serve as a board member, employee or officer of an
			 organization are prohibited from discussing, deliberating, or voting on the
			 award of, grants, loans or contracts to that organization that they serve as a
			 board member, officer or employee.
(B) Foundation board members who also serve
			 as a board member, employee or officer of an organization cannot use their
			 position to secure a grant, loan or contract for the organization that they
			 serve as a board member, employee or officer with terms that are in
			 disproportion, selective, or differential to the grants and contracts received
			 by other qualified applicants.
(C)
			 Foundation board members who also serve as a board member, employee or officer
			 of an organization are prohibited from participating in the foundation's
			 evaluation of any research or program that was conducted by the organization
			 that they serve as a board member, employee or officer.
(D) Foundation board members who also serve
			 as a board member, employee or officer of an organization are prohibited from
			 voting upon, discussing, or otherwise using the authority or influence of their
			 public position, either formally or informally, to secure authorization of a
			 grant, loan or contract for that organization from the foundation. This
			 includes a bar upon the foundation board member's participation in any issue
			 relating to the grant, loan or contract after it is entered into, such as a
			 dispute regarding, or modification to, the terms of the grant, loan or
			 contract.
(E) Foundation board
			 members are required to abstain from participation in any decision-making
			 process involving grant, loan or contract applications or proposals from an
			 organization that employs a member of the immediate family of a foundation
			 board member; or with a which member of the immediate family of a foundation
			 board member is otherwise directly affiliated
(F) Foundation board members may not
			 authorize, or in any way use their position to secure approval of a foundation
			 contract, loan or grant in which their family members, or their business
			 associates, have an interest.
(G)
			 For purposes of this rule, "family members" include but are not limited to:
			 grandparents; parents; spouse; children, whether dependent or not;
			 grandchildren; brothers and sisters; or any person related by blood or marriage
			 and residing in the same household.
(H) For purposes of this rule, a board
			 member's "business associates" include but are not limited to: a person(s);
			 corporation; association; or any other business entity that shares a definite
			 and direct pecuniary or fiduciary interest with the Board member.
Eff 8-15-03
Rule promulgated under: RC 119.03
Rule authorized by: RC
				183.15
Rule amplifies: RC 183.15
R.C. 119.032 review
				dates: 06/10/2009 and 06/10/2014