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(a) An employee must not use the prestige of office for private gain or the gain of another, or create the appearance that the employee is utilizing the prestige of office for private gain or the gain of another. Performing usual and customary ratepayer or customer services, without additional compensation, is not prohibited by this subsection.

(b) Unless expressly authorized by the General Manager, a person must not use an official WSSC title or insignia in connection with any private enterprise.

(c) An employee must not use any WSSC facility, property, or work time for personal use or for the use of another person, unless the use is:

(1) Generally available to the public; or

(2) Authorized by a law, regulation, or administrative procedure.

(d) 

(1) An employee must not appoint, hire, or advocate the advancement of a relative to a position that is under the jurisdiction or control of the employee.

(2) A relative of an employee must not be employed in a position if the employee would exercise jurisdiction or control over the position.

(e) An employee must not intimidate, threaten, coerce or discriminate against any person for the purpose of interfering with that person’s freedom to engage in political activity.

(f) A person must not influence or attempt to influence an employee to violate the Code of Ethics.

(g) An employee may not attempt to influence a state or county official in the conduct of the official’s duties for a purpose contrary to the State Ethics Law or these regulations.

(h) In this section, “relative” means spouse, significant other, parent, child, brother or sister, uncle or aunt, first cousin, nephew or niece, father-in-law or mother-in-law, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law, step-parent or step- child, step-brother or step-sister, half-brother or half-sister, or grandparent or grandchild. (Res. 2007-1779; Res. 2003-1669 § 1(3-4))