The following publications are available to download:

• General Information Fact Sheet   PDF
  Provides a brief outline of the history of the commission, commission members and their terms of office, the four duties of the commission, and a listing of certain restrictions and areas within the jurisdiction of the ethics law.  
   
  
• Ethics Is Everybody's Business   PDF
  (Note: To print booklet, print PDF on both sides and flip on short edge.)
  Offers in-depth information on the four responsibilities of the commission, and restrictions under the law.  
   
  
• Financial Disclosure Fact Sheet   PDF
  Details who is required to file a disclosure statement, what must be disclosed on the forms, and filing deadlines.  
   
  
• Restrictions on Hiring Family Members (Information Sheet # 1)   PDF
  

This information sheet explains the Law as it applies to situations where a relative of a public official or employee seeks a job with the public agency the official serves.

• BULLETIN---Reminder About Summer Jobs and Restrictions on Nepotism PDF
  This bulletin serves as a reminder to public officials and employees about the restrictions in the Ethics Law against hiring family members.
    
  
• Local Official or Employee Selling Goods or Services to Local Agency (Information Sheet # 2)
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This information sheet explains how the law applies when a local public official or employee wishes to sell goods or services to the local public agency he or she serves.


• State Official or Employee Selling Goods or Services to State Agency (Information Sheet # 3)
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This information sheet explains how the law applies when a state official or employee wishes to sell goods or services to any state agency, including the state agency he or she serves.


• Public Official or Employee Seeking Employment (Information Sheet # 4)   PDF
  
This information sheet explains how the Law applies when a public official or employee is searching for a new job or outside employment.
 

• Post-Employment (Revolving Door) Restrictions (Information Sheet #5)   PDF
  
This information sheet explains how the Law applies when a public official or employee is leaving the public job he or she holds for a new job.
 

• Board Member Seeking Job from Board (Information Sheet # 6)   PDF
  
This information sheet explains how the Law applies when an elected or appointed member of a public board is interested in seeking or being considered for employment by the public agency he or she serves as a board member.
 

• Accepting Gifts, Meals, Entertainment, or Other Things of Value (Information Sheet # 7)   PDF
  
This information sheet explains how the Law applies when a public official or employee is offered a gift, meal, entertainment, and other things of value.
 

• Property Matter Affecting Public Official or Employee (Information Sheet # 8)   PDF
  
This information sheet explains how the Law applies when a public official or employee serves a public agency that is considering a matter that definitely and directly affects property in which the official or employee has an interest.
 

• Property Matter Affecting Family Member of Public Official or Employee (Information Sheet # 9)   PDF
  
This information sheet explains how the Law applies when a public official or employee serves a public agency that is considering a matter involving the property owned by his or her family member.
 

• Ohio Ethics Law  PDF
  
Each public agency is required to provide a copy of the Ethics Law to the officials and employees who serve the agency within 15 days of the hire, election, or appointment of the official or employee. See R.C. 102.09. The Commission can provide a master copy of the law to any agency to assist it in complying with this law.

• Retirement System Information Sheet  PDF
  
Explains the Law as it applies to investment advisors and others doing business with retirement systems.
• Model Ethics Policy for State Agencies  PDF
• Model Ethics Policy for Local Agencies  PDF

Model ethics policies for state and local governments which have been endorsed by the Ohio Ethics Commission. The Commission encourages its use and distribution by state agencies and local jurisdictions as an excellent means of communicating the general terms of the conflict of interest and related provisions of the Ethics Law.

Please note that, although the model policies communicate the general terms of the Law, they do not replace or substitute the statutory provisions, which control the conduct of all public officials and employees within the state of Ohio. Therefore, we recommend the appropriate policy be distributed along with a copy of the Law, should a jurisdiction or agency choose to use it. (Revised Code Section 102.09(D) requires that each public agency provide a copy of the Ethics Law to each public official or employee serving the agency within 15 days of hire, election, or appointment. Each official or employee must acknowledge, in writing, that he or she has received it.) A copy of the Ethics Law can be obtained by contacting us.

Please contact our office if you have questions relating to the model policies.