Hi Nicole, Our state ethics laws provide guidance on the issue of gifts to employees. The Office of the General Counsel has a webpage dedicated to this question as it comes up frequently. This link will take you to the page: http://counsel.ku.edu/gifts
As far as gifts as incentives for participation in research, surveys, or other services, the GC office has advised that this is allowable so long as one is not required to participate in order to get the gift. Many units on our campus will send a survey and as an incentive they will enter participants names into a drawing for gifts. However, one can simply enter the drawing and not be required to complete the survey. I hope this is helpful! Amy Amy E. Smith, M.S.E. Director, Policy Office Office of the Provost The University of Kansas Tel. +1 (785) 864-4906 | Fax. +1 (785) 864-4463 Email [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> | Web www.policyoffice.ku.edu<http://www.policyoffice.ku.edu> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nicole Goodman Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 11:34 AM To: Association of College and University Policy Administrators Subject: [acupa-l] gift card policy Hi, Does anyone have gift card policies that addresses one or both of these situations? * Gift card given to an employee for recognition * Gift cards purchased to be given to research participants Best, Nicole Nicole Goodman BFA Budget Officer and Internal Controls/BFA Policy Coordinator OM 403, MS - 9044 Western Washington University *|360.650.2477 6|360.650.3037 *| [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> I GIVE. DO YOU? Click the logo below to start giving or to increase your donation. [Description: http://www.sos.wa.gov/_assets/cfd/(041013)%20CFD%20Logo.jpg]<https://apps.cfd.wa.gov/donationmanagement/MainLogin.aspx?ReturnUrl=/donationmanagement/Donor/ContributorEnterEditPersonalInformation.aspx> ATTN: Please be aware that when you respond to an ACUPA-L e-mail, the reply will be distributed to the ENTIRE list of members. If you do NOT want to send an e-mail to everyone, please reply directly to the individual who initiated the query (their e-mail address appears in the "From" line of their original e-mail). If you wish to remove yourself from the ACUPA e-mail list, please go to the following website and complete the form. We will remove you from the list within 24 hours, during normal business hours. http://www.acupa.org/MembershipForm_Discontinue.html If you have questions about the ACUPA e-list, please contact Jamie Parris at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]?subject=ACUPA%20e-list%20assistance> or 607-255-6837.
