JOINT STAFF ANNUAL ETHICS TRAINING - (1 HR) {JKO JS-US010}

You are asked to sell tickets to subordinates in the workplace for a fundraising event sponsored by a nonprofit organization that helps military spouses. May you sell the tickets? - Answer-No, this fundraising event has not been authorized, and it is not a fundraiser among the members of your organization for the benefit of the members of your organization. Based your current official position, you were invited by a non-profit organization to an event that will be attended by 1,000. Of the 1,000 attendees, approximately 20 percent will be from the Department of Defense; 30 percent will be from the Legislative Branch; 40 percent will be representatives from academia; and 10 percent will be members of industry. The event will allow you to exchange ideas and views among the invited guests. The event is also scheduled to occur in the evening so you will attend the event on your own time. The value of this gift of free attendance is approximately $75 per person. Are you allowed to accept the gift of free attendance? - Answer-Yes, this event is a widely attended gathering, and before I attended the event, I coordinated with my ethics counselor and received written authorization to accept this gift. You work officially with a contractor whom you otherwise do not know. The contractor invites your supervisor and you to dinner at a hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue, a block from the White House. The contractor does not invite anyone else. The cost of each meal is valued at $21.00. May the supervisor and you accept the offer? - Answer-No, an employee may not accept a gift from a prohibited source that exceeds $20.00. Also, the gift was offered because of your and your supervisor's official positions. May a retired E-6 accept a salary from a company owned and controlled by the Government of France? - Answer-Yes, provided the retired military member obtains the approval from his/her Service Secretary and the Secretary of state before accepting the salary. While employed by the Federal government, you were involved in approving a contract for audio/visual equipment. When you left the Federal government, you started working for that contractor and on the same contract. At the completion of work, the Government had paid approximately $6 million for $841,000 worth of equipment. Is your employment with the contractor acceptable? - Answer-No, this is a violation of a post-government employme