Ethics Office - San Diego Unified School District

7. Hiring, Assigning, Promoting, Supervising

We will take care in hiring, assigning, promoting, and supervising employees so as to avoid nepotism or the appearance of impropriety.

Overview
Examples
Resources

Overview
No employee may—directly or indirectly—supervise, hire, promote, or advocate for hiring or promoting a relative or domestic partner.

Relatives are defined as spouse, domestic partner, mother, father, brother, sister, grandmother, grandfather, grandchild, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, stepmother, stepfather, court-appointed legal guardian or any relative living in the immediate household of the employee.

This applies to all assignments, including substitute and temporary assignments that last more than a few days. If you are uncertain about a particular situation, ask your supervisor, manager, Human Resources or the Ethics Office.

Examples

Allowable	Not allowable
A husband and wife are both teachers at the same school, in a non-supervisory relationship.	A principal’s nephew is a third grade teacher at the same school.
Two central office managers in different departments are brothers.	A director’s daughter-in-law works as an administrative assistant in the same office but reports to the department supervisor.
A vice principal’s cousin is a clerk at the school.	A vice principal’s aunt is a clerk at the school.

Resources
Additional information can be found in the following SDUSD Administrative Procedures: 7184, 7276, and 7640; and Board policy I-1340.

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