[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR0.735-15]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
PART 0--EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONDUCT--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart D--Regulatory Limitations Upon Employee Conduct
 
Sec. 0.735-15  Misuse of employment or information.

    (a) Use of Government employment. An employee shall not use his 
Government employment for a purpose that is, or gives the appearance of 
being, motivated by the desire for private gain for himself or another 
person, particularly one with whom he has family, business, or financial 
ties.
    (b) Use of inside information. For the purpose of furthering a 
private interest, an employee shall not, except as provided in 
Sec. 0.735-12(c), directly or indirectly use, or allow the use of, 
information which has been or has the appearance of having been obtained

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through or in connection with his Government employment and which has 
not been made available to the general public.
    (c) Coercion. An employee shall not use his Government employment to 
coerce, or give the appearance of coercing, a person to provide 
financial benefit to himself or another person, particularly one with 
whom he has family, business, or financial ties.
    (d) Disclosure of restricted information. No employee shall divulge 
restricted commercial or economic information, or restricted information 
concerning the personnel or operations of any Government agency, or 
release any such information in advance of the time prescribed for its 
authorized release.
    (e) Discrimination. No employee, acting in his official capacity, 
shall, directly or indirectly, authorize, permit, or participate in any 
act or course of conduct which, on the ground of race, color, creed, 
national origin, or sex, excludes from participation, denies any benefit 
to, or otherwise subjects to discrimination any person under any program 
or activity administered or conducted by the Department or one of its 
units, or such employee. (See Department Order 195.)