MC1-1201
EMPLOYEE ETHICS A. Maricopa County employment is a public trust. It is the policy
of Maricopa County for employees to maintain high standards of honesty, integrity,
impartiality, courtesy and conduct. Such policy is implemented by prescribing
essential standards of ethical conduct without creating unnecessary obstacles
to entering County service. Further guidance can be obtained by referring to the
Maricopa County Ethics Handbook.
B. Maricopa County employees must discharge their duties impartially so as
to assure fair competitive access to governmental Procurement by responsible Contractors
and to avoid the appearance of impropriety. Moreover, they should conduct themselves
in such a manner as to foster public confidence in the integrity of Maricopa County’s
Procurement operation.
C. To achieve the purpose of this article, it is essential that those doing
business with Maricopa County also observe the ethical standards prescribed herein.
MC1-1202 INFLUENCE
A. Any attempt to realize personal gain through Maricopa County employment
by conduct inconsistent with the proper discharge of the employee’s duty is a
breach of public trust.
B. Any effort to influence any Maricopa County employee or agent to breach
the standards of ethical conduct, maybe grounds for Disbarment or Suspension
under MC1-902.
MC1-1203
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
It shall be a breach of ethical standards for any employee or agent acting on
behalf of Maricopa County to directly or indirectly participate in or benefit
from a Procurement when the employee, agent or his immediate family has a
financial interest in the Business or organization, or has a potential for
financial gain as a direct result of their actions.
MC1-1204
ETHICAL STANDARDS
A. It shall be a breach of ethical standards for any person to offer, give
or agree to give any employee or former employee, or for any employee or former
employee to solicit, demand, accept, or agree to accept from another person, a
gratuity or an offer of employment in connection with any decision, approval,
disapproval, recommendation, preparation of any part of a program requirement
or a purchase request, influencing content of any Specification or Procurement
standard, rendering of advise, investigation, auditing or in any advisory
capacity in any proceeding or application, request for ruling, determination,
claim or controversy, or other particular matter, pertaining to any program
requirement of a Contract or subcontract, or to any Solicitation or Proposal
thereof.
B. It shall be a breach of ethical standards for any payment, gratuity, or
offer of employment to be made by or on behalf of a subcontractor under a
Contract to the prime Contractor or higher tier subcontractor or any Person
associated therewith, as an inducement for the Award of a subcontract or order.
MC1-1205
CONTINGENT FEES
It shall be a breach of ethical standards for a Person to be retained, or to
retain a Person, to solicit or secure a Maricopa County Contract upon an
agreement or understanding for a commission, percentages, brokerage, or
contingent fee, except for retention of bona fide employees or bona fide
established commercial selling agencies for the purpose of securing Business.
MC1-1206
EMPLOYMENT OF PRESENT AND FORMER EMPLOYEES
It shall be a breach of ethical standards for any employee or former employee
who is participating directly or indirectly in the Procurement process to
become, or be while such an employee, the employee of any Person under Contact
with the governmental body by whom the employee is employed.
MC1-1207
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
It shall be a breach of ethical standards for any employee or former employee
knowingly to use confidential information for actual or anticipated personal
gain, or for the actual or anticipated personal gain of any other Person.
