{"id":25330,"date":"2019-01-10T10:51:30","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T15:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=25330"},"modified":"2019-01-10T10:51:30","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T15:51:30","slug":"usps-wants-all-employees-to-understand-federal-ethics-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2019\/01\/10\/usps-wants-all-employees-to-understand-federal-ethics-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS wants all employees to understand federal ethics rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-thumbnail link-fullfeature\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-twentyfourteen-full-width wp-post-image alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/EthicsPublicTrust_large-story.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/EthicsPublicTrust_large-story.jpg 900w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/EthicsPublicTrust_large-story-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/EthicsPublicTrust_large-story-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/EthicsPublicTrust_large-story-120x80.jpg 120w\" alt=\"Group of postal employees\" width=\"648\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"link-caption\"><em>USPS wants employees throughout the organization to understand federal ethics rules and how to follow them.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p>USPS News Link 1\/10\/19 &#8211; If you\u2019re a Postal Service employee, you\u2019re expected to comply with the federal government\u2019s principles and standards of ethical conduct.<\/p>\n<p>If this is news to you, don\u2019t worry. USPS wants to help you understand the rules and how to follow them.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout 2019, the organization will educate employees about the rules, which include the 14 General Principles of Ethical Conduct, the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch, the Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for Postal Service Employees, and conflict of interest laws.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign will include articles in Link and field newsletters, as well as messages on Postal Vision video monitors.<\/p>\n<p>In January, these efforts will focus on the 14 general principles, including the first principle: \u201cPublic service is a public trust, requiring employees to place loyalty to the Constitution, the laws and ethical principles above private gain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This means Postal Service employees must always act \u2014 and appear to act \u2014 with the nation\u2019s interests before their own.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to putting an honest effort in their work, employees must not seek personal advantage for themselves or others. They must honor their commitment to the public by using government resources \u2014 such as time, property and information \u2014 wisely and only to accomplish postal work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first principle of ethical conduct is particularly important to the Postal Service because the American people are our customers,\u201d said Acting Associate General Counsel and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer Natalie Bonanno.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf our customers don\u2019t trust us, they will not continue to do business with us. Postal employees must protect our reputation by performing their duties ethically, and with dignity and integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you have questions, send an email to the Ethics Office at\u00a0<em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ethics.help@usps.gov<\/a><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USPS wants employees throughout the organization to understand federal ethics rules and how to follow them. USPS News Link 1\/10\/19 &#8211; If you\u2019re a Postal Service employee, you\u2019re expected to comply with the federal government\u2019s principles and standards of ethical conduct. If this is news to you, don\u2019t worry. USPS wants to help you understand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25331,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25330\/revisions\/25331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}