Standards of Ethical Conduct

Question 1

What is your Ethics Chain of Command

Answer 1

• Office of Government Ethics
• DHS General Counsel
  *USCG
  
  • Deputy Ethics Official
  • Assistant Ethics Officials (Staff Judge Advocates)

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Question 2

Public service is a public trust that demands that you place loyalty to U.S. law and ethical standards above what?

Answer 2

anyone’s private gain

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Question 3

Who may not hold conflicting financial interests

Answer 3

You

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Question 4

You may not use nonpublic information to further any what?

Answer 4

private interest.

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Question 5

You may not accept or solicit what?

Answer 5

gifts.

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Question 6

who may not make unauthorized promises or commitments.

Answer 6

You

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Question 7

You may not use your public office for what?

Answer 7

private gain.

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Question 8

You may not give preferential treatment to any what?

Answer 8

private organization or individual

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Question 9

You may not hold another job or engage in an activity that conflicts with what?

Answer 9

your Coast Guard duties.

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Question 10

You must adhere to all what?

Answer 10

equal opportunity law

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Question 11

You must avoid even the appearance of an what?

Answer 11

ethics violation.

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Question 12

What is anything of value not paid for by you or the USCG

Answer 12

A gift

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Question 13

You may not SOLICIT or ACCEPT any gift from whom

Answer 13

• Someone regulated by the Coast Guard
• Someone doing, or seeking to do, business with the USCG
• Someone with interests that can be affected by the USCG or YOU
• Someone seeking action by the USCG
• Any organization whose members are mostly from one of the above categories
• Someone giving a gift to you or YOUR family member because of your position in the USCG

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Question 14

Unsolicited gifts _____ or less per occasion not to exceed ____ per year per source can be expected?

Answer 14

• $20
• $50

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Question 15

What are the 6 ways to Disposition of Prohibited Gifts

Answer 15

• Just say no!
• Return the gift
• Pay for the gift
• Get the USCG to accept it
• If it is not practical to return a perishable gift, then:
• Share its consumption
  
  • Give it to charity
  • Destroy it

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Question 16

You may not seek or hold outside employment that what?

Answer 16

conflicts with your duties

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Question 17

You must seek the permission of whom?

Answer 17

your Commanding Officer

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Question 18

What must not create a conflict with your USCG duties or responsibilities or reflect poorly on the USCG.

Answer 18

Employment

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Question 19

What 4 things can you not do when fundraising?

Answer 19

• Personally solicit funds or other support from a subordinate or a prohibited source.
• Use or permit the use of your official title, position or any authority associated with your office to further the fundraising effort
• Fundraise while on duty
• Wear your uniform while fundraising in a personal capacity (it implies USCG endorsement of the fundraising activity)

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Question 20

Register to vote, vote, and express opinions on political candidates and issues, but not as what?

Answer 20

as a representative of the armed forces

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Question 21

Attend partisan/nonpartisan political meetings or rallies as a spectator when what?

Answer 21

not in uniform

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Question 22

What five things may you not do for a political office?

Answer 22

• Solicit votes for a particular candidate or issue
• Require or solicit political contributions from others
• Be a candidate for or hold civil office
• Participate in partisan political management, campaigns, or conventions
• Make campaign contributions to another member of the armed forces or employee of the federal government

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