General Standards of Ethical Conduct Sample Clauses

General Standards of Ethical Conduct. Public officials 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 to each new Governing Authority member as required in ORC 102.09(D). Each Governing Authority member is required to acknowledge receipt in writing). Public officials must conduct themselves, at all times, in a manner that avoids favoritism, bias, and the appearance of impropriety. A. A general summary of the restraints upon public officials includes, but is not limited to, those listed below. Public officials shall not: 1. solicit or accept anything of value from anyone doing business with the school; 2. solicit or accept employment from anyone doing business with the school, unless the public official completely withdraws from school activity regarding the party offering employment, and the Governing Authority approves the withdrawal; 3. use their public position to obtain benefits for a family member, or anyone with whom the public official has a business or employment relationship; 4. be paid or accept any form of compensation for personal services rendered on a matter before any Governing Authority, commission, committee or other body of the school, unless they qualify for the exception, and file the statement, described in Section 102.04(D) of the Revised Code; 5. hold or benefit from a contract with, authorized by, or approved by, the school (the ethics law does except some 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, “Abstention” does not cure a violation of this provision); 6. vote, authorize, recommend, or in any other way use their position to secure approval of a school contract (including employment or personal services) in which the public official, a family member, or anyone with whom the public official has a business or employment relationship, has an interest; 7. solicit or accept honoraria (see Sections 102.01(H) and 102.03(H) of the Revised Code); 8. 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 public official personally participated while serving in their position at the school; or, 9. use or disclose confidential information protected by law, ...
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  • Ethical Standards ‌ 7.8.1 Within ninety (90) days after the Effective Date, Developer shall adopt written policies establishing ethical standards of conduct for all Developer-Related Entities, including Developer’s supervisory and management personnel, in dealing with (a) IFA and the Department and (b) employment relations. Such policy shall be subject to review and comment by IFA prior to adoption. Such policy shall include standards of ethical conduct concerning the following: 7.8.1.1 Restrictions on gifts and contributions to, and lobbying of, IFA, the Department and any of their respective members, commissioners, directors, officers and employees, and elected State officials; 7.8.1.2 Protection of employees from unethical practices in selection, use, hiring, compensation or other terms and conditions of employment, or in firing, promotion and termination of employees; 7.8.1.3 Protection of employees from retaliatory actions (including discharge, demotion, suspension, threat, harassment, pay reduction or other discrimination in the terms and conditions of employment) in response to reporting of illegal (including the making of a false claim), unethical or unsafe actions or failures to act by any Developer-Related Entity; 7.8.1.4 Restrictions on directors, members, officers or supervisory or management personnel of any Developer-Related Entity engaging in any transaction or activity, including receiving or offering a financial incentive, benefit, loan or other financial interest, that is, or to a reasonable person appears to be, in conflict with or incompatible with the proper discharge of duties or independence of judgment or action in the performance of duties, or adverse to the interests of the Project or employees; 7.8.1.5 Restrictions on use of office or job position for a purpose that is, or would to a reasonable person appear to be, primarily for the private benefit of a director, member, officer or supervisory or management person, rather than primarily for the benefit of Developer or the Project, or primarily to achieve a private gain or an exemption from duty or responsibility for a director, member, officer or supervisory or management person; and 7.8.1.6 Restrictions on directors, members, officers or employees of any Developer-Related Entity performing any of the Work if the performance of such services would be prohibited under IFA’s conflict of interest rules and policies. 7.8.2 Developer shall cause its directors, members, officers and supervisory and management personnel, and require those of all other Developer-Related Entities, to adhere to and enforce the adopted policy on ethical standards of conduct. Developer shall establish reasonable systems and procedures to promote and monitor compliance with the policy. 7.8.3 Notwithstanding the foregoing in this Section 7.8, Developer has an affirmative obligation under this Agreement to disclose to IFA and to the Indiana State Ethics Commission when an interested party is or becomes an employee of IFA or the State. This obligation extends only to those facts that Developer knows or reasonably could know. For purposes of this Section 7.8.3, “interested party” means (a) the individual executing this Agreement, (b) an individual who has an interest of three percent (3%) or more of Developer, (c) any member of the immediate family of an individual specified in clause (a) or (b). For purposes of the preceding sentence, “immediate family” means the spouse and the unemancipated children of an individual.‌

  • Standards of Conduct Whenever the Member is required or permitted to make a decision, take or approve an action, or omit to do any of the foregoing, then the Member shall be entitled to consider only such interests and factors, including its own, as it desires, and shall have no duty or obligation to consider any other interests or factors whatsoever. To the extent that the Member has, at law or in equity, duties (including, without limitation, fiduciary duties) to the Company or other person bound by the terms of this Agreement, the Member acting in accordance with the Agreement shall not be liable to the Company or any such other person for its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties of the Member otherwise existing at law or in equity, replace such other duties to the greatest extent permitted under applicable law.

  • Code of Ethics The Adviser has adopted a written code of ethics complying with the requirements of Rule 17j-1 under the Act and will provide the Trust with a copy of the code and evidence of its adoption. Within 45 days of the last calendar quarter of each year while this Agreement is in effect, the Adviser will provide to the Board of Trustees of the Trust a written report that describes any issues arising under the code of ethics since the last report to the Board of Trustees, including, but not limited to, information about material violations of the code and sanctions imposed in response to the material violations; and which certifies that the Adviser has adopted procedures reasonably necessary to prevent "access persons" (as that term is defined in Rule 17j-1) from violating the code.

  • Technical Standards The Generation System shall be installed and operated by the Interconnection Customer consistent with the requirements of this Agreement; the Technical Requirements; the applicable requirements located in the National Electrical Code (NEC); the applicable standards published by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE); and local building and other applicable ordinances in effect at the time of the installation of the Generation System.

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