Fundraising at Work

• The Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) is the only authorized solicitation of Postal Service employees on behalf of charitable organizations in the workplace.
• All other types of fundraising for charities at work are prohibited. For example, you cannot sell your daughter’s cookies at work or ask your colleagues to purchase items from you to benefit your place of worship.
• Fundraising at work can make coworkers feel coerced to contribute, affect morale, and distract us from the work at hand.

Limiting fundraising to the CFC is the law – and it’s SMART BUSINESS.

Contact the Ethics Office (ethics.help@usps.gov) for more information about fundraising.

Misuse of Position

• As a Postal Service employee, you can’t use your position for your private gain.
• Or the private gain of your relatives.
• Or anyone you are affiliated with outside the government.

When you keep it ethical, you maintain the integrity of the Postal Service.

And that’s smart business.

More than half of the OIG’s misconduct investigations involve a misuse-of-position issue. Contact the Ethics Office (ethics.help@usps.gov) for more guidance.