Acceptance of Gifts, Benefits and Hospitality Policy

Please note that this policy has not yet been revised or converted to the new format.

In the course of their university work, staff may be offered gifts, benefits or hospitality.

The purpose of these rules for the Acceptance of Gifts, Benefits and Hospitality is to protect staff and the university from real or perceived undue influence and possible criticism. These rules apply to all staff, including those working in the university’s controlled entities.

Rules

1. Staff must exercise judgment in determining whether the acceptance of any gift, benefit or hospitality could reasonably be interpreted by others as an inducement which might place them or the university under an obligation to the donor.
    

2. Staff must report to their supervisor any instance of being offered a gift, benefit or hospitality which they believe to have been intended as an inducement to place them or the university under an obligation to the donor.
    

3. Staff are not to seek or solicit gifts, benefits or hospitality in connection with their university work.
    

4. Staff are not to accept cash gifts.
    

5. All accepted gifts, benefits or hospitality, judged to exceed $200 in value must be recorded in the university’s Gifts Register within two weeks of being accepted.  Gifts Register form (rtf 31kb)