CHAPTER 3

CODE OF CONDUCT

STATEMENT OF POLICY

All employees are expected to maintain the highest standards of conduct to ensure that the services in the Hospital are properly administered.

3.000 ETHICAL CONDUCT AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF EMPLOYEES

A. Public service is a public trust. Employees are expected to be loyal to the U.S. Constitution, the Organic Act of Guam, and to perform their duties and responsibilities ethically and in accordance with laws.

B. Employees shall not hold financial interests that conflict with the conscientious performance of duty.

C. Employees shall not engage in financial transactions using confidential or non-public government information or allow the improper use of such information to further any private interest.

D. An employee shall not, except as permitted by statute or regulation, solicit or accept any gift or other item of monetary value from any person or entity seeking official action from, doing business with, or conducting activities regulated by the Hospital, to include persons whose interests may be substantially affected by the performance or non-performance of the employee’s duties, or that of the Hospital.

E. Employees shall put forth best effort in the performance of their duties.

F. Employees shall not knowingly make unauthorized commitments or promises of any kind purporting to bind the Hospital.

G. Employees shall not use public office for private gain.

H. Employees shall protect and conserve public property and shall not use it for other than authorized activities.

I. Employees shall not engage in unauthorized outside employment or activities, including seeking or negotiating for employment that conflicts with official government duties and responsibilities.

J. Employees shall, in good faith, disclose waste and abuse and corruption to appropriate authorities and in doing so shall be protected from reprisal.

K. Employees shall respect the rights and privacy of other employees and shall not use their position, authority or other means, to injure another person or employee for personal reasons or malicious purposes.

L. Employees shall refrain from unlawful use of drugs and alcohol. Drugs shall mean those identified in the Drug-Free Workplace Program Operating Procedures (DFWPOP).

M. Employees shall be courteous and helpful to clients and members of the public.

N. Employees shall be courteous to other employees and respect supervisory authority.

3.100 NEPOTISM

A. Spouses and persons within the first degree of relation, such as, brother/sister or parent/child, may not be employed with the Hospital in a direct supervisor‑subordinate relationship in the classified or unclassified service. Exception to this rule may be made when it is for the good of the service and upon the approval of the Board of Trustees.

B. No spouse of the Administrator may be employed with the Hospital.

C. Whenever there are already two or more members of an immediate family in the public service under the Hospital, no other members of such family shall be eligible to appointment provided, however, that such prohibition shall not apply to employees in the nursing and/or allied healthcare professionals. As used in this Section, “immediate family" means a collective body of persons living together in the same house.

3.200 CONVICTED FELONS

In accordance with the Family Violence Act, after August 14, 1998, no person thereafter who is convicted of a felony concerning family violence (not a misdeamor) is eligible to hold the following positions:

1. Administrator,

2. Associate Administrator,

3. Managerial or supervisory position.

3.300 POLITICAL ACTIVITY

It is the policy of the Hospital not to take sides for or against issues, which are to be decided by a vote of the people at elections. Therefore employees of the Hospital are prohibited from posting posters or stickers, or circulating literature dealing with such issues in the name of the Hospital.

No persons, whether or not an employee, shall solicit or receive a contribution or distribute literature for any political purpose in any room or building occupied in the discharge of official duties by a person employed by the Hospital. For purposes of this section, soliciting a contribution includes solicitation by letter or circular addressed to and delivered to an employee in said room or building.

Political activities under the Mini-Hatch Act is guided by the Commission.

3.400 Drug Free Workplace

The Board of Trustees and the Administrator recognizes that the employees are the Hospital’s most valuable asset and their health and safety are of utmost concern.

In compliance with the requirements of the Federal Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988, The Hospital will not tolerate substance abuse or use which imperils the health and well-being of it’s employees or threatens its service to the public.

Mandatory drug testing for all employees/applicants shall be applied as a condition of employment with the Hospital relative to Executive Order No. 99-15.