Lane Community College requires strict adherence to Oregon's Government Ethics laws. No College employee may participate in a personnel action taken by the College that would impact the employment of a relative or a member of the employee's household. Relatives include spouse, domestic partner, or children of the person or spouse, or domestic partner or the brothers, sisters or parents of the person or the person's spouse or domestic partner and any individual to whom the person owes a duty of support.

The prohibition against employee participation includes the following:

1. Appointing, employing or promoting;
2. Discharging, firing or demoting;
3. Interviewing; and
4. Discussing or debating the appointment, employment, promotion, discharge, firing or demotion of the relative or a member of the employee's household with any employee who has the authority to influence these decisions.

The Government Ethics Act set forth in ORS Chapter 244 is applicable to all College employees.

ADOPTED: July 9, 2014