Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3358:3 - Southern State Community College › Chapter 3358:3-1 - Governance › Section 3358:3-1-07 - Ethics policy statement

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
It is the policy of the Southern state
				community college board of trustees to carry out its mission in accordance with
				the strictest ethical guidelines and to ensure that Southern state community
				college board of trustee members and employees conduct themselves in a manner
				that fosters public confidence in the integrity of the Southern state community
				college board of trustees, its processes, and its accomplishments.
(A)
								General standards
			 of ethical conduct
(1)
									Southern state community college board of trustee
			 members and employees must, at all times, abide by protections to the public
			 embodied in Ohio's ethics laws, as found in Chapters 102. and 2921. of
			 the
									
									Revised Code
									
									, and as interpreted
			 by the Ohio ethics commission and Ohio courts. (A copy of these laws is
			 provided by the Southern state community college board of trustees, and receipt
			 acknowledged, as required in division (D) of section
									
									
										102.09 of the Revised Code
									
									.) Members and
			 employees must conduct themselves, at all times, in a manner that avoids
			 favoritism, bias, and the appearance of impropriety.
(2)
									A general summary
			 of the restraints upon the conduct of all members and employees includes, but
			 is not limited to. those listed below. No member or employee shall:
(a)
										Solicit or accept
			 anything of value from anyone doing business with the Southern state community
			 college board of trustees:
(b)
										Solicit or accept
			 employment from anyone doing business with the Southern state community college
			 board of trustees, unless the member or employee completely withdraws from
			 Southern state community college board of trustees activity regarding the party
			 offering employment, and the Southern state community college board of trustees
			 approves the withdrawal;
(c)
										Use his or her public position to obtain benefits for
			 the official or employee, a family member, or anyone with whom the official or
			 employee has a business or employment relationship:
(d)
										Be paid or accept
			 any form of compensation for personal services rendered on a matter before, or
			 sell goods or services to, the Southern state community college board of
			 trustees:
(e)
										Be paid or accept any form of compensation for personal
			 services rendered on a matter before, or sell (except by competitive bid) goods
			 or services to, any state agency other than the Southern state community
			 college board of trustees, unless the member or employee first discloses the
			 services or sales and withdraws from matters before the Southern state
			 community college board of trustees that directly affect officials and
			 employees of the other state agency, as directed in section
										
										
											102.04 of the revised
			 Code;
(f)
										Hold or benefit from a contract with, authorized by, or
			 approved by, the Southern state community college board of trustees (the ethics
			 law does except limited stockholdings, and some contracts objectively shown as
			 the lowest cost services, where all criteria under
										
										 section
			 2921.42 of the revised Code are
			 met);
(g)
										Vote, authorize, recommend, or in any other way use his
			 or her position to secure approval of a Southern state community college board
			 of trustees contract (including employment or personal services) in which the
			 official or employee, a family member, or anyone with whom the official or
			 employee has a business or employment relationship, has an
			 interest;
(h)
										Solicit or accept honoraria (see division (H) of the
			 sections
										
										
											102.01
										
										
										and
			 102.03
										
										
										of the revised
			 Code;
(i)
										During public service, and for one year after leaving
			 public service, represent any person, in any fashion, before any public agency,
			 with respect to a matter in which the official or employee personally
			 participated while serving with the Southern state community college board of
			 trustees: '
(j)
										Use or disclose confidential information protected by
			 law, unless appropriately authorized: or
(k)
										Use, or authorize
			 the use of, his or her title, the name "Southern State Community College Board
			 of Trustees," or "SSCC," or the Southern state community college board of
			 trustees' logo in a manner that suggests impropriety, favoritism, or bias by
			 the Southern state community college board of trustees, official or
			 employee.
(3)
									For purposes of this policy:
(a)
										"Anything of
			 value" includes anything of monetary value, including, but not limited to.
			 money, 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.
(b)
										"Anyone doing
			 business with the Southern State Community College Board of Trustees" includes,
			 but is not limited to, any person, corporation, or other party that is doing or
			 seeking to do business with, regulated by, or has interests before Southern
			 state community college board of trustees.