1130 - CONFLICT OF INTEREST - PRIVATE PRACTICE

Oxford Community Schools

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1130 - CONFLICT OF INTEREST - PRIVATE PRACTICE

	A.	The maintenance of high standards of honesty, integrity, impartiality, and professional conduct by School District employees is essential to ensure the proper performance of school business as well as to earn and keep public confidence in the School District.
		To accomplish this, the Board of Education has adopted the following policies to assure that conflicts of interest do not occur. These are not intended to be all inclusive, nor to substitute for good judgment on the part of all employees.

		1.	No employee shall engage in or have a financial interest, directly or indirectly, in any activity that conflicts or raises a reasonable question of conflict with his/her duties and responsibilities in the school system.
		2.	Employees 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 with the School District.
		3.	Employees shall not make use of materials, equipment, or facilities of the School District in private practice.

Should exceptions to this policy be necessary in order to provide mandatory services to students or clients of the School District, all such exceptions will be made known to the employee's supervisor and will be disclosed to the Superintendent before entering into any private relationship.