Disposing of a Gift

• What should you do with a prohibited gift from a postal customer or vendor? Always say “thank you,” and then you have a choice to make.
• You may pay the gift giver the market value of the gift, or you may return it.

When you refrain from accepting prohibited gifts from an outside source, you strengthen the Postal Service’s reputation for transparency, fairness, and honesty.

And that’s smart business.

Contact the Ethics Office (ethics.help@usps.gov) for guidance – the ethics team routinely drafts gift-return letters.