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FALL 2010 | BRIDGEWATER COLLEGE EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK
1. Certain types of outside employment or offers of outside employment involving
assignments that have the potential to compromise the employee’s position
with the College;
2. Performing work for clients for pay when the work in question falls within the
regular assignment of the employee;
3. Consulting relationships involving activities with the potential to compromise
the employee’s position with the College;
4. Financial interests in companies and other kinds of organizations doing business
with the College;
5. Financial gain to the employee or employee’s family members that results from
employee’s involvement in College decisions;
6. Accepting gifts (including sporting event tickets, trips and meals) reasonably
expected to cost more than $50 from vendors or potential vendors.
Restraint on Participation
Staff members covered by this policy are encouraged to avoid relationships and
transactions that constitute a conflict of interest. When such situations cannot be
avoided, the employees involved shall refrain from participating in consideration of
the transaction affected by the conflict of interest, unless under special circumstances
the College determines that their participation is imperative for the welfare of the
College and the public good. If such a waiver is indicated, it shall be in writing and
signed by the Vice President or President making the determination, and a copy of
the waiver shall be provided to the Chair of the Board of Trustees.
2.3 Personal Relationships
The mission of Bridgewater College states that the education and development of
students is to be carried out in a community with Christian values and high standards
of integrity. In addition, the College is guided by legal and ethical principles
that instruct the College to maintain employee-student relations and employeeemployee
relations that are free from the appearance of compromising conflicts of
interest, or of coercion, favoritism or bias. Bridgewater College expects its faculty
and staff to lead by example and exercise good judgment in all decision-making,
including those involving relationships with students and coworkers.
On the basis of these values and principles, College employees may not engage in
personal relationships in the following circumstances (for purposes of this policy, a
“personal relationship” includes, but is not limited to, the following activities: dating,
romantic involvement, or sharing the same household or living together):
1. Personal relationships between a married person and an unmarried person, or
between two married persons who are not married to each other. (“Married
person” does not include persons legally separated.)
2. Personal relationships between any employee and a student.
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