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<br />.1 <br />-I <br />I <br />rl <br />,I <br />:1 <br />!~J <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br /> <br />..1 <br /> <br />, . <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />:1 <br />, . <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />I <br />~I <br /> <br />l...:, <br /> <br /> <br />11 <br />:1 <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />CHAPTER 2 - ETHICS <br /> <br />SECTION 1 - STATEMENT OF POLICY <br /> <br />Public employment is a public trust. It is the policy of the City to promote and balance the <br />objective of protecting government integrity and the objective of facilitating the recruitment <br />and retention of personnel needed by the City. Such policy is implemented by prescribing <br />essential standards of ethical conduct without creating unnecessary obstacles to entering <br />public service. <br /> <br />Public employees must discharge their duties impartially so as to assure fair, competitive <br />access to governmental procurement by responsible vendors. Moreover, they should <br />conduct themselves in such a manner as to foster public confidence in the integrity of the <br />City's Purchasing Division. <br /> <br />To achieve the purpose of this chapter, it is essential that those doing business with the <br />City also observe the ethical standards prescribed here. <br /> <br />SECTION 2 - GENERAL ETHICAL STANDARDS <br /> <br />1 . It shall be a breach of ethics: <br />A. To attempt to realize personal gain through public employment with the City by <br />any conduct inconsistent with the proper discharge of the employee's duties. <br /> <br />B. To attempt to influence any public employee of the City to breach the standards <br />of ethical conduct set forth in this code. <br /> <br />C. To offer, give or agree to give any employee or former employee of the City, or <br />for any employee or former employee of the City to solicit, demand, accept or <br />agree to accept from another person, a. gratuity or an offer of employment in <br />connection with any decision, approval, disapproval, recommendation, <br />preparation of any part of a program requirement or purchase request, <br />influencing the content of any specification or procurement standard, rendering <br />of advice, investigation, auditing, or in any other advisory capacity in any <br />proceeding or application, request for ruling, determination, claim or controversy, <br />or other particular matter pertaining to any program requirement or a contract or <br />subcontract, or to any solicitation or proposal therefor pending before this <br />government. <br /> <br />D. For any payment, gratuity or offer of employment to be made by or on behalf of a <br />subcontractor under a contract to the prime contractor or higher tier <br />subcontractor for any contract for the City, or any person associated therewith, <br />as an inducement for the award of a subcontract or order. <br /> <br />3 <br />