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SECTION II. ETHICS IN PUBLIC CONTRACTING 2.0STANDARDS OFCONDUCT A.Public employment is a public trust. Public employees must discharge their duties impartiallysoastoassurefair,competitiveaccesstoCityprocurementbyresponsible contractors.Employees should conduct themselves in such amanner as to foster public confidence in the integrity of the City’s procurementprocess. B.The Procurement and Contract Management Division adheres and subscribes to the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing, Inc. (NIGP) Code of Ethics,Florida Association of Public Procurement Officials (FAPPO)and American Purchasing Society (APS)asamended. C.Fraudulent Misconduct.All employees of the City, officers, and elected officials under the jurisdiction of the City, and anyone doing business for or with theCity, are prohibited from placing City resources at risk through fraudulent misconduct, misappropriation of assets, and fraudulent reporting of information affecting theCity. D.Failure of a City employee to adhere to this Policy or the Procurement procedures as establishedbytheCityManagershallsubjectthat employee to disciplinary action upto and including termination. E.Those doing business with the City must observe high standards of honesty and integrity. Anyefforttoinfluenceanyemployeetobreachstandardsofethicalconduct is also a breach of ethicalstandards. 2.1CONFLICT OFINTEREST A.Conflict of Interest. Bidders, members of an Evaluation Committee, awarded Contractors, and City employees shall not engage in any action that would createa conflict of interest in the performance of their obligation with the City, or would violate, or cause others to violate, the applicable provisions of the Florida Statutes and federal laws relating to ethics ingovernment. No procurement of goods, services, professional services or construction in which a conflict of interest occurs between the City and the vendor shall be made with any person. Aconflict of interest may occur under the following situations: 1.Gifts. Aperson or business entity doing business with the City is prohibited from giving,eitherdirectlyorindirectly,agiftthathasavalueinexcessof$100 to an employee of the City, City official, or the City’s Procurement and Contracts Management Division or any other person on his or her behalf that reasonably tends to influence or reward official conduct; or the person or business entity knows is intended to reward the employee in the discharge of official duties, asoutlined in Section 112.3148, Florida Statutes, as amended. 2.An employee of the City or an individual chosen by the City to serve as a member of an evaluation committee has amaterial interest in the vendor as defined in the FloridaStatutes. Page 8