As a Commerce employee, you are subject to ethics rules detailed in the documents below. The U.S. Office of Government Ethics Standards of Conduct: Summary for Executive Branch Employees can be found here. A brief summary of the conduct standards for serving in the U.S. Government can be found below.
Summaries of Ethics Rules
Select your component for a summary of the ethics rules that apply to you.
| Commerce | MBDA |
| BEA | NIST |
| BIS | NOAA |
| Census | NTIA |
| EDA | OS |
| FirstNet | USPTO |
| ITA | Persons who work with the U.S. Government |
| NTIS |
Rules for Specific Employees
If you fall into any of the following categories, then certain additional rules may apply to you.
- Patent Examiners
- Trademark Attorneys
- Visiting Scholars to the USPTO
- ITA Locally Engaged Staff of the Commercial Service
- ITA Commercial Service Officers Serving Overseas
- Fishery Management Council Members
- Fishery Management Council Employees and Advisors
- Special Government Employees
- Contract Workers
- Prospective Employee
Other ethics related guidance:
- Prospective Employees
- Department of Commerce Office of the General Counsel Pro Bono Legal and Volunteer Service Policy
- Lapse in Appropriations Ethics Guidance
- Persons who work with the U.S. Government