| Greenwood Community School Corporation |
| Bylaws & Policies |
4113 - CONFLICT OF INTEREST
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The maintenance of unusually high standards of honesty, integrity, impartiality, and professional conduct by School Corporation employees, officers (that is, all members of the School Board), and agents is essential to ensure the proper performance of school business as well as to earn and keep public confidence in the Corporation. |
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To accomplish this, the School Board has adopted the following guidelines which apply to all Corporation employees, officers (that is, all members of the Board), and agents, to assure that conflicts of interest do not occur. These are not intended to be all inclusive; nor are they intended to substitute for good judgment. |
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An employee, officer (that is, any member of the Board), or agent of the Corporation making a recommendation to the Board on a matter to be considered by the Board shall not accept a gift or gratuity from a person or entity having a substantial personal or pecuniary interest in the Board's decision on the matter in accordance with the restrictions and provisions of I.C. 35-44.1-1-4. |
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No employee, officer (that is, any member of the Board), or agent shall engage in or have a financial interest in, directly or indirectly, any activity that conflicts or raises a reasonable question of conflict with his/her Corporation responsibilities. |
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Employees, officers (that is, all members of the Board), and agents shall not engage in business, private practice of their profession, the rendering of services, or the sale of goods of any type where advantage is taken of any professional relationship they may have with any student, client, or parents of such students or clients in the course of their employment or professional relationship with the Corporation. |
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Included, by way of illustration rather than limitation are the following: |
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the provision of any private lessons or services for a fee |
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the use, sale, or improper divulging of any privileged information about a student or client gained in the course of the employee's employment or professional relationship with the Corporation through his/her access to Corporation records |
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the referral of any student or client for lessons or services to any private business or professional practitioner if there is any expectation of reciprocal referrals, sharing of fees, or other remuneration for such referrals |
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the requirement of students or clients to purchase any private goods or services provided by an employee, officer (that is, any member of the Board), or agent or any business or professional practitioner with whom any employee, officer (that is, any member of the Board), or agent has a financial relationship, as a condition of receiving any grades, credits, promotions, approvals, or recommendations |
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Employees, officers (that is, all members of the Board), and agents shall not make use of materials, equipment, or facilities of the Corporation in private practice. Examples would be the use of facilities before, during, or after regular business hours for service to private practice clients, or the checking out of items from an instructional materials center for private practice. |
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Employees, officers (that is, all members of the Board), and agents shall not solicit gifts, travel packages, and other incentives from prospective contractors. |
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Employees, officers (that is, all members of the Board), and agents shall not participate in the selection, award and administration of any contract to an entity in which they have a pecuniary interest or from which they derive a profit or in which a dependent of the employee, officer (that is, any member of the Board), or agent has a pecuniary interest or from which the dependent derives a profit. "Dependent" includes the employee’s spouse; un-emancipated child, stepchild or adopted child under the age of eighteen (18); or individual for whom the employee, officer (that is any member of the Board), or agent provides more than one-half (1/2) of the individual’s support during a year. A "pecuniary interest" means an interest in a contract or purchase that will result or is intended to result in an ascertainable increase in the income or net worth of the employee, officer (that is, any member of the Board), or agent or the employee’s, officer’s (that is, any member of the Board), or agent’s dependent who is under the direct or indirect administrative control of the employee, officer (that is, any member of the Board), or agent or who receives a contract or purchase order that is reviewed, approved, or directly or indirectly administered by the employee, officer (that is, any member of the Board), or agent. |
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No conflict of interest will be deemed to be present if the Corporation employee’s, officer’s (that is, any member of the Board), or agent’s interest in the contract or purchase and all other contracts and purchases made by the Corporation during the twelve (12) months before the date of the contract or purchase was $250 or less. |
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Should exceptions to this policy be necessary in order to provide mandatory services to students or clients of the Corporation, all such exceptions will be made known to the employee's supervisor, or to the School Board if there is no supervisor, and will be disclosed to the Superintendent before entering into any private relationship. |
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To the extent that the Corporation has a parent, affiliate or subsidiary organization that is not a State, local government or Indian tribe, the Corporation may not conduct a procurement action involving the parent, affiliate or subsidiary organization if the Corporation is unable, or appears to be unable, to be impartial. |
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Employees, officers and agents must disclose any potential conflict of interest which may lead to a violation of this policy to the Corporation. Upon discovery of any potential conflict of interest, the Corporation will disclose, in writing, the potential conflict of interest to the appropriate Federal awarding agency of, if applicable, the pass-through entity. |
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The Corporation also will disclose, in a timely manner, all violations of Federal criminal law involving fraud, bribery or gratuity that affect a Federal award to the appropriate Federal awarding agency or, if applicable, the pass-through entity. |
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Employees, officers, and agents found to be in violation of this conflict of interest policy will be subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination, as permitted by applicable Board policy. |
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I.C. 20-26-3-4
I.C. 20-26-5-4
I.C. 35-44.1-1-1, 35-44.1-1-2, 35-44.1-1-4, 35-44.1-1-5
7 C.F.R. 3016.36(b)(3) and 3019.42
2 C.F.R. 200.112, 200.113, 200.318
Adopted 10/20/15
Revised 5/17/16
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