vehicles, and property may not be used for personal reasons without approval from a department head. Any misuse or misappropriations of agency funds, information, equipment, facilities or other assets may be considered criminal behavior and can bring severe employment and legal consequences. Agency funds include, but are not limited to bank accounts, credit and debit cards, and business accounts. Maintain the Corporate Image The agency’s reputation and identity are among its most valuable assets. All agency representatives are expected to conduct themselves in a manner that reflects positively on the agency’s image and identity, both internal and external. No one should act in a way that adversely affects the reputation or image of the agency with employees, volunteers, people receiving services or with the community at large. Each agency representative should endeavor to deal fairly with the people receiving services, consultants, suppliers, competitors and employees. No one should take advantage of anyone else through manipulation, concealment, abuse of privileged information, misrepresentation of material facts, or other unfair-dealing practice. While the agency cannot control what its representatives do during non-working hours, it is important to understand that information posted online is public and comments made about the agency or agency representatives that are defamatory or violate agency policy (i.e. confidentially, conflict of interest, harassment) can result in disciplinary action, no matter whether the employee wrote it from work or outside of work. Have Job Accountability Each agency representative is responsible for knowing and executing the responsibilities of his or her job. This means the individual is held accountable for the quality of the work he or she produces. In addition, management is responsible for ensuring that they have provided their employees with the necessary information to do their jobs. Avoid Conflicts of Interests Each agency representative has a primary business responsibility to the agency and is expected to avoid any activity that may interfere or have the appearance of interfering with their performance. A conflict of interest exists if an agency representative’s outside business or other interests may affect adversely, or have the potential to affect adversely,
vehicles, and property may not be used for personal reasons without approval from a department head. Any misuse or misappropriations of agency funds, information, equipment, facilities or other assets may be considered criminal behavior and can bring severe employment and legal consequences. Agency funds include, but are not limited to bank accounts, credit and debit cards, and business accounts. Maintain the Corporate Image The agency’s reputation and identity are among its most valuable assets. All agency representatives are expected to conduct themselves in a manner that reflects positively on the agency’s image and identity, both internal and external. No one should act in a way that adversely affects the reputation or image of the agency with employees, volunteers, people receiving services or with the community at large. Each agency representative should endeavor to deal fairly with the people receiving services, consultants, suppliers, competitors and employees. No one should take advantage of anyone else through manipulation, concealment, abuse of privileged information, misrepresentation of material facts, or other unfair-dealing practice. While the agency cannot control what its representatives do during non-working hours, it is important to understand that information posted online is public and comments made about the agency or agency representatives that are defamatory or violate agency policy (i.e. confidentially, conflict of interest, harassment) can result in disciplinary action, no matter whether the employee wrote it from work or outside of work. Have Job Accountability Each agency representative is responsible for knowing and executing the responsibilities of his or her job. This means the individual is held accountable for the quality of the work he or she produces. In addition, management is responsible for ensuring that they have provided their employees with the necessary information to do their jobs. Avoid Conflicts of Interests Each agency representative has a primary business responsibility to the agency and is expected to avoid any activity that may interfere or have the appearance of interfering with their performance. A conflict of interest exists if an agency representative’s outside business or other interests may affect adversely, or have the potential to affect adversely,
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