The Ohio Ethics Law: Can I Do That? Susan Willeke Education & Communications Administrator

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2 The Ohio Ethics Law: Can I Do That? Susan Willeke Education & Communications Administrator

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4 So.Let s Get Ethical!! But first, ask yourself one question

5 What would Dilbert do?

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7 Three most common questions: 1. Conflicts of Interest (often Gifts) 2. Sales to Agency 3. Nepotism

8 R.C (D) and (E) prohibit public servants from: Using authority or influence to secure something of value Soliciting or accepting something of value Image: scottchan / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

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10 Voting Deciding Discussing Deliberating Recommending Reviewing Inspecting Investigating Any Other Action Abstaining/Recusal

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12 What is Thing of Value? Image: zirconicusso / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Image: Nutdanai Apikhomboonwaroot / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

13 Substantial and Improper Image: renjith krishnan / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

14 Nominal or De Minimis

15 Substantial?

16 Substantial?

17 Substantial? Image: Suat Eman / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

18 Substantial

19 Substantial?

20 Substantial? Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.net

21 Substantial? Image: Tim Beach / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

22 Substantial? Image: cbenjasuwan / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

23 Substantial? Image: cbenjasuwan / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

24 Substantial?

25 Substantial and Improper Image: renjith krishnan / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

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27 And now let s play The Ohio Ethics Law Quiz!

28 Image: hinnamsaisuy / FreeDigitalPhotos.net A township trustee can take her family for a week-long spring break vacation in a Hilton Head ocean-front condo (with a deep-sea fishing boat) owned by a vendor if she pays him $500, which the vendor says is fair market value.

29 To assist in making the best purchasing decision, a township employee can accept travel expenses from an IT company to go to Nashville to see the IT product in use. Image: Stuart Miles / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

30 A township has a fiveyear contract to purchase computer hardware and software. The employees want to know if they can take advantage of software discounts the company offers to clients. Image: Rawich / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

31 A township trustee s husband receives front row tickets to a traveling Broadway musical from his job. The employee wants to accompany her husband to the theatre even though the company he works for is seeking a contract from the township.

32 Wife answer first: If my husband goes to theatre, I m his date or he doesn t go!

33 Ethics answer second: If truly unrelated to public position, may be okay. Call us first.

34 A snowplowing company offers to plow the driveways of township trustees since the contract negotiations are complete.

35 A public employee who travels for official business wants take along his spouse where she would stay with him in the hotel room paid for by his public agency. Image: Rawich / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

36 A trustee is attending a conference and is invited to attend a behind-the- scenes tour of the Arena, paid for by a vendor at the conference. The company assures him the event is part of the conference.

37 At that same conference, the trustee wins a flat screen TV that was donated to the conference by a vendor. Image: graur razvan ionut / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

38 A township trustee, who is also an architect, must abstain from the township s consideration of a contract affecting a client of her firm, even if she did not perform any services on the matter. Image: nokhoog_buchachon / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

39 A public employee wakes up from a sound sleep behind the wheel of this car. He doesn t know how he got there, but the title in the glove box lists him as the owner. He can accept it because he has no idea who gave it to him.

40 R.C Selling Goods to Agency

41 Nepotism Image: posterize / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

42 (Shameless plug time ) Anybody ever call the Ohio Ethics Commission?

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44 It s about that time! For final words of wisdom, let s turn to that great sage, Steve Carrell

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46 Call us if you don t know! The Ohio Ethics Commission 30 West Spring Street, L3 Columbus, Ohio (614) Website: