Common Ethics Issues

This section contains summaries of substantive ethics matters such as gifts, conflicting financial interests, impartiality, seeking employment and
post-employment, misuse of position, outside activities, financial disclosure, and recusals, waivers and trusts.

• General Principles
• Gifts From Outside Sources
• Gifts Between Employees
• Conflicting Financial Interests
• Remedies for Financial Conflicts of Interest
• Recusals
• Waivers
• Divestiture
• Trusts
• Impartiality in Performing Official Duties
• Seeking Other Employment
• Misuse of Position
• Outside Activities
• Post-Employment
• Representation to Government Agencies and Courts
• Supplementation of Salary
• Financial Disclosure
• Public Financial Disclosure
• Confidential Financial Disclosure
• Presidential Appointment Process
• Informal Advisory Letters and Memoranda and Formal Opinions
• DAEOgrams
• Contractors in the Workplace