techdirector
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Hypothetical situation at a public agency in Louisiana:
Agency Director hires personal friend and eventually makes them their administrative assistant. Director then hires administrative assistant's husband, also a personal friend of the Director, and who has just lost his job. He fills a variety of roles, pending retirement of a maintenance foreman. Maintenance foreman retires, but job requirements are changed so to require "computer experience", excluding existing maintenance staff who were anticipating applying for the position. Administrative assistant's husband knows how type in Excel, and fills vacant position. Director then hires administrative assistant and maintenance foreman's daughter, and allows her to choose what department she would like to work in.
Director enters into contract with cell phone company after week of extensive testing with multiple users. After two weeks of use, the maintenance foreman complains that coverage does not extend to his home area, thirty miles away from the office. Director cancels contract and obtains service with cell phone company that does have coverage in maintenance foreman's home area, citing "on call" status of foreman. Foreman routinely uses cell phone for personal calls, and routinely surpasses individual minute quotas.
Director allows maintenance foreman use of agency vehicle to commute to job from home, a sixty mile round trip, using fuel from agency depot, citing "on call" status. At first of the week, administrative assistant comes to work in her SUV, and parks it in the administrative lot, using it during the week to go to lunch and run errands. She does not take it home until the end of the week, instead commuting with her husband the maintenance foreman with the comment that "We save a lot of gas that way."
Director and maintenance foreman enter into an agreement to co-pay for lesiure property (lake house) and proceed to build on property using Agency maintenance personnel (who are subordinate to the foreman). Administrative assistant uses agency resources to track expenses for materials uses in the construction.
Would such a situation, if it existed, be illegal, or simply unethical?
Agency Director hires personal friend and eventually makes them their administrative assistant. Director then hires administrative assistant's husband, also a personal friend of the Director, and who has just lost his job. He fills a variety of roles, pending retirement of a maintenance foreman. Maintenance foreman retires, but job requirements are changed so to require "computer experience", excluding existing maintenance staff who were anticipating applying for the position. Administrative assistant's husband knows how type in Excel, and fills vacant position. Director then hires administrative assistant and maintenance foreman's daughter, and allows her to choose what department she would like to work in.
Director enters into contract with cell phone company after week of extensive testing with multiple users. After two weeks of use, the maintenance foreman complains that coverage does not extend to his home area, thirty miles away from the office. Director cancels contract and obtains service with cell phone company that does have coverage in maintenance foreman's home area, citing "on call" status of foreman. Foreman routinely uses cell phone for personal calls, and routinely surpasses individual minute quotas.
Director allows maintenance foreman use of agency vehicle to commute to job from home, a sixty mile round trip, using fuel from agency depot, citing "on call" status. At first of the week, administrative assistant comes to work in her SUV, and parks it in the administrative lot, using it during the week to go to lunch and run errands. She does not take it home until the end of the week, instead commuting with her husband the maintenance foreman with the comment that "We save a lot of gas that way."
Director and maintenance foreman enter into an agreement to co-pay for lesiure property (lake house) and proceed to build on property using Agency maintenance personnel (who are subordinate to the foreman). Administrative assistant uses agency resources to track expenses for materials uses in the construction.
Would such a situation, if it existed, be illegal, or simply unethical?
