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AREA: Employee Relations SUBJECT: Ethical Conduct of University Employees
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@MISC{Purpose_area:employee,
author = {I. Purpose and Scope},
title = {AREA: Employee Relations SUBJECT: Ethical Conduct of University Employees},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
This document outlines the processes prescribed by the university to ensure that employees are informed of their responsibilities for accountability and ethical conduct and that any potential conflict is reviewed and reported in accordance with state and federal laws and regulations and with Board of Regents policies. II. DEFINITIONS A. Benefit: According to statute, anything reasonably regarded as providing monetary gain or advantage. For the purposes of this document, such benefit shall include personal and individual invitations to meals, travel, or items of significant gain or advantage with a value of $50 or more. B. Conflict of commitment: A situation in which an employee’s outside activities interfere with the employee’s commitment of time and intellectual energies to the university, or in which a full-time employee’s professional loyalty is not to the University of Houston. C. Conflict of interest: A situation in which there is a divergence between the employee’s private interests and professional obligations to the university (i.e. the public interest) such that an independent observer might reasonably question whether the employee’s actions or decisions are determined by considerations of private gain, financial or otherwise, to the university’s detriment.
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ethical conduct university employee employee relation subject independent observer employee action private gain employee private interest significant gain individual invitation professional obligation full-time employee professional loyalty public interest employee commitment regent policy university detriment potential conflict federal law intellectual energy monetary gain
