Case 37: To Take or Not to Take
1. What are the ethical issues in this case?
The ethical issue regards a state government agency’s gift policy and an individual employee’s
2. Am I being too hard on myself? Should I accept the tickets? On what are you basing that
decision?
3. Should I change my practice of refusing all gifts?
Gift policies regard not only actual conflicts of interest but the appearance of a conflict of
4. Should the State’s policies be modified regarding gifts? If so, how should they be modified?
Yes, the state may consider modifying its practice regarding gifts. I would consider limiting the $100 to per