Gifts to Subordinates or Lesser Paid Employees

• There are no ethical or monetary restrictions on gifts to subordinates or lesser paid employees.
• Use your best judgment in selecting a gift appropriate to the occasion, and treat all of your subordinate employees similarly with respect to gifts in order to avoid allegations of favoritism.

An appropriate effort to boost morale can lead to higher productivity.

And that’s smart business.

Contact the Ethics Office (ethics.help@usps.gov) for guidance.

Endorsements

• A Postal Service employee may not use her Postal Service position, title, or authority to endorse any product, service, or enterprise.
• For example, you cannot provide a testimonial to a vendor with your opinion about the quality of the vendor’s products.
• Unauthorized endorsements violate the ethics regulations, and can damage our business relationships.

Obtaining the PMG’s authorization for an endorsement keeps you on the right side of the law.

And that’s always smart business.