About Us
Ethics Program Functions
The CDC/ATSDR Ethics Program Activity is responsible for interpreting standards of conduct regulations, reviewing financial disclosure reports, and offering continuing ethics training and counseling services to ensure that CDC and ATSDR employees avoid situations that could violate ethics laws and undermine the public's trust in Government.
Employees are subject to statutes and regulations commonly referred to as "ethics" standards. The two basic sources of these standards are the criminal conflict of interest statutes and the administrative standards of ethical conduct.
The conflict of interest statutes at Chapter 11 of Title 18, United States code, prohibit a Federal employee from engaging in certain types of activities that would place the employee's own personal interests above the Federal Government's interests.
The standards of conduct regulation at 5 Code of Federal Regulations Part 2635 establishes principles of ethical conduct for employees of the executive branch.
This home page will provide you with data about the ethics program. You will be able to access the Office of Government Ethics Standards of Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch and other ethics publications, as well as ethics forms.
If you have questions or need additional information, please contact Ethics Program Activity, (404) 639-5003, Mail stop D-27
Page last modified: March 28, 2007