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Standards of Conduct Violations

Public Service is a public trust. All SSA employees are bound by the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch.

Examples of conduct violations include:

*Accepting gifts and/or money from a person doing business with SSA *Holding financial interests that conflict with official duties *Not obeying any federal, state, or local laws or regulations.

If you know of an SSA employee violating these, or anything else you believe to be a standard of conduct issue, please contact the OIG Fraud Hotline.

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