Personal and business relationships.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 5

(a) (1) In considering whether a relationship would cause a reasonable person to question his impartiality, an employee may seek the assistance of his supervisor, an agency ethics official or the agency designee. (2) An employee who is concerned that circumstances other than those specifically described in this section would raise a question regarding his impartiality should use the process described in this section to determine whether he should or should not participate in a particular matter. (b) (1) An employee has a (i) A person, other than a prospective employer described in § 2635.603(c), with whom the employee has or seeks a (ii) A person who is a member of the employee's household, or who is a relative with whom the employee has a close personal relationship; (iii) A person for whom the employee's spouse, parent or dependent child is, to the employee's knowledge, serving or seeking to serve as an officer, director, trustee, general partner, agent, attorney, consultant, contractor or employee; (iv) Any person for whom the employee has, within the last year, served as officer, director, trustee, general partner, agent, attorney, consultant, contractor or employee; or (v) An organization, other than a political party described in 26 U.S.C. 527(e), in which the employee is an active participant. Participation is active if, for example, it involves service as an official of the organization or in a capacity similar to that of a committee or subcommittee chairperson or spo

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 5:§ 2635.502