{"data":{"id":"us/34-cfr-appendix-to-part-73","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"34 CFR Appendix to Part 73","heading":"Appendix to Part 73—Code of Ethics for Government Service","body":"Any person in Government service should:\nPut loyalty to the highest moral principles and to country above loyalty to persons, party, or Government department.\nUphold the Constitution, laws, and regulations of the United States and of all governments therein and never be a party to their evasion.\nGive a full day's labor for a full day's pay; giving earnest effort and best thought to the performance of duties.\nSeek to find and employ more efficient and economical ways of getting tasks accomplished.\nNever discriminate unfairly by the dispensing of special favors or privileges to anyone, whether for remuneration or not; and never accept, for himself or herself or for family members, favors or benefits under circumstances which might be construed by reasonable persons as influencing the performance of governmental duties.\nMake no private promises of any kind binding upon the duties of office, since a Government employee has no private word which can be binding on public duty.\nEngage in no business with the Government, either directly or indirectly, which is inconsistent with the conscientious performance of governmental duties.\nNever use any information gained confidentially in the performance of governmental duties as a means of making private profit.\nExpose corruption wherever discovered.\nUphold these principles, ever conscious that public office is a public trust.\n(This Code of Ethics was unanimously passed by the United States Congress on June 27, 1980, and signed into law as Public Law 96-303 by the President on July 3, 1980.)","path":["Title 34—Education","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary, Department of Education","PART 73—STANDARDS OF CONDUCT"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-34.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:40Z","sha256":"b4f84ff2aa66e7f24917d3e14305cdb77e5cd85a20b23bfd461201f214000554","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/34-cfr-73.2","next":"us/34-cfr-75.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}