{"id":7749,"date":"2014-09-10T10:35:40","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T15:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/internal-audit-department\/?page_id=141"},"modified":"2019-10-29T22:03:52","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T22:03:52","slug":"louisiana-code-of-ethics-summary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/internal-audit-department\/louisiana-code-of-ethics-summary\/","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana Code of Ethics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Authority:<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7767 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/internal-audit-department\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2019\/10\/Ethics-Tree-Logo-387x400.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"387\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/internal-audit-department\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2019\/10\/Ethics-Tree-Logo-387x400.png 387w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/internal-audit-department\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2019\/10\/Ethics-Tree-Logo.png 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Article X, Section 21 of the Louisiana Constitution mandated that the legislature enact a <strong>code of ethics<\/strong> for <em>officials and employees of this state and its political subdivisions,<\/em> the legislature does hereby enact a Code of Governmental Ethics.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">It is essential to the proper operation of democratic government that <em>elected officials and public<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><em>employees<\/em> be <strong>independent and impartial<\/strong>; that governmental decisions and policy be made in the proper channel of the governmental structure; that public office and employment <strong>not be used for private gain<\/strong> other <\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">than the remuneration provided by law; and that there be <strong>public confidence<\/strong> in the integrity of government. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The attainment of one or more of these ends is impaired when a conflict exists between the private interests <\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">of an elected official or a public employee and his duties as such. The public interest, therefore, requires that <\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">the <strong>law protect against such conflicts of interest<\/strong> and that it establish <strong>appropriate ethical standards<\/strong> with <\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">respect to the conduct of <em>elected officials and public employees<\/em> without creating unnecessary barriers to <\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">public service.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/internal-audit-department\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2019\/10\/Four-Principles-Behind-the-Code.png\">.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7770 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/internal-audit-department\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2019\/10\/Four-Principles-Behind-the-Code-400x309.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"309\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/internal-audit-department\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2019\/10\/Four-Principles-Behind-the-Code-400x309.png 400w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/internal-audit-department\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2019\/10\/Four-Principles-Behind-the-Code-768x593.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/internal-audit-department\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2019\/10\/Four-Principles-Behind-the-Code-1024x791.png 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/309;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authority: Article X, Section 21 of the Louisiana Constitution mandated that the legislature enact a code of ethics for officials and employees of this state and its political subdivisions, the legislature does hereby enact a Code of Governmental Ethics. 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