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<br />POLICY ON SUSPECTED MISCONDUCT <br />AND DISHONESTY POLICY <br />Introduction <br />Like all organizations, The City of La Porte is faced with risks from wrongdoing, <br />misconduct, dishonesty and fraud. As with all Municipal business exposures, we must <br />be prepared to manage these risks and their potential impact in a professional manner. <br />The impact of misconduct and dishonesty may include: <br />• The actual financial loss incurred <br />• Damage to the reputation of our organization and our employees <br />• Negative publicity <br />• The cost of investigation <br />• Loss of employees <br />• Loss of costumers <br />• Damaged relationships with our contractors and suppliers <br />• Litigation <br />• Damaged employees morale <br />Our goal is to establish and maintain an environment of fairness, ethics and honesty for <br />our employees, our citizens, our suppliers and anyone else with whom we have a <br />relationship. To maintain such an environment requires the active assistance of every <br />employee and manager every day. <br />The City of La Porte is committed to the deterrence, detection and correction of <br />misconduct and dishonesty. The discovery, reporting and documentation of such acts <br />provides a sound foundation for the protection of innocent parties, the taking of <br />disciplinary action against offenders up to and including dismissal where appropriate, <br />the referral to law enforcement agencies when warranted by the facts, and the recovery <br />of assets. <br />Page 1 <br />7/18/2005- <br />