BOARD OF REGENTS POLICIES

The University of Houston System Board of Regents Policy 57.01 requires certain statutes and policies to be distributed to all employees at the start of each academic year and to all new employees at the time of employment. The following is furnished in compliance with that policy:

Vernon’s Texas Codes Annotated
Government Code §572.051
Standards of Conduct

A state officer or employee should not:

• accept or solicit any gift, favor, or service that might reasonably tend to influence the officer or employee in the discharge of official duties or that the officer or employee knows or should know is being offered with the intend to influence the officer’s or employee’s official conduct;
• accept other employment or engage in a business or professional activity that the officer or employee might reasonable expect would require or induce the officer or employee to disclose confidential information acquired by reason of the official position;
• accept other employment or compensation that could reasonably be expected to impair the officer’s or employee’s independence of judgment in the performance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties;
• make personal investments that could reasonably be expected to create a substantial conflict between the officer’s or employee’s private interest and the public interest; or
• intentionally or knowingly solicit, accept, or agree to accept any benefit for having exercised the officer’s or employee’s official powers or performed the officer’s or employee’s official duties in favor of another.

University of Houston System Board of Regents Policies