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VII. Ethics

Standard of Conduct Statement

Public employment is a public trust. It is the policy of the City of Haslet to promote and
balance the objectives of protecting government integrity and the objective if facilitating
the recruitment and retention of personnel needed by the City of Haslet. Such policy is
implemented by prescribing essential standards of ethical conduct without creating
unnecessary obstacles to entering public service.

General Ethical Standards

• Personal Gain – It shall be a breach of ethics to attempt to realize personal gain
through public employment with the City by any conduct inconsistent with the
proper discharge of the employee duties.

• Influence – It shall be a breach of ethics to attempt to influence any public
employee of the City to breach the standards of ethical conduct set forth in this
code.

• Conflicts of Interest – It shall be a breach of ethics for any employee of the City
to participate directly or indirectly in procurement when the employee knows that:

1. the employee or any member of the employee’s immediate family has a
financial interest pertaining to the procurement;

2. a business or organization in which the employee, or any member of the
employee’s immediate family, has a financial interest pertaining to the
procurement; or

3. any other person, business or organization with which the employee or
any member of the employee’s immediate family is negotiating or has an
arrangement concerning prospective employment is involved in the
procurement.

• Gratuities - It shall be a breach of ethics to offer, give or agree to give any
employee or former employee of the City of Haslet, or for any employee or
former employee of the City of Haslet to solicit, demand, accept or agree to
accept from another person, a gratuity or an offer of employment in connection
with any decision, approval, disapproval, recommendation, preparation of any
part of a program requirement or purchase request, influencing the content of
any specification or procurement standard, rendering of advice, investigation,
auditing or in any other advisory capacity in any proceeding or application,
request for ruling, determination, claim or controversy, or other particular matter

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