Limitation on AmeriCorps Member Fraternization
Relationships between AmeriCorps Members and staff members (including volunteer and contracted personnel) of the Corporation for National and Community Service, sponsoring organization, and project site that are exploitive or that have the appearance of partiality, preferential treatment, or the improper use of position for personal gain, are prejudicial to the morale of AmeriCorps Members and will not be tolerated.
Inappropriate relationships between AmeriCorps Members and the aforementioned staff members are prohibited. Inappropriate relationships are those that compromise, or appear to compromise, supervisory authority or could result in preferential treatment. Relationships are prohibited if they appear to involve the improper use of rank or position for personal gain. You must avoid nonprofessional relationships with other AmeriCorps Members or staff members that create real or perceived conflicts of interest, discord, or distractions that interfere with other members' productivity, or potentially could result in charges of sexual harassment. These problems are serious in situations in which one person has authority over another.
Nonprofessional relationships between Members and the aforementioned staff include, but are not limited to:
• Intimate/sexual relationships
• Borrowing or lending money, automobiles, or other personal property
• Engaging in financial or business dealings, or acting as an agent or sponsor with any commercial services
• Allowing services to be performed (compensated or uncompensated) that have no reasonable connection with AmeriCorps Member activities
• Gambling for goods, services, or money
• Any activity and/or relationship that, in the judgment of the Corporation State Director, may be reasonably perceived to undermine discipline, good order, and/or morale
• Socializing that might lead to the perception of a relationship or overtures to activities listed above
Inappropriate relations include, but are not limited to:
• Nonprofessional relationships between a Corporation State Office staff member assigned to monitor or oversee a project, and an AmeriCorps Member or Leader of that project
• Nonprofessional relationships between an AmeriCorps supervisor and an AmeriCorps Member the supervisor oversees
• Nonprofessional relationships between an AmeriCorps Leader and an AmeriCorps Member
Inappropriate relationships between AmeriCorps Members and the aforementioned staff members are prohibited. Inappropriate relationships are those that compromise, or appear to compromise, supervisory authority or could result in preferential treatment. Relationships are prohibited if they appear to involve the improper use of rank or position for personal gain. You must avoid nonprofessional relationships with other AmeriCorps Members or staff members that create real or perceived conflicts of interest, discord, or distractions that interfere with other members' productivity, or potentially could result in charges of sexual harassment. These problems are serious in situations in which one person has authority over another.
Nonprofessional relationships between Members and the aforementioned staff include, but are not limited to:
• Intimate/sexual relationships
• Borrowing or lending money, automobiles, or other personal property
• Engaging in financial or business dealings, or acting as an agent or sponsor with any commercial services
• Allowing services to be performed (compensated or uncompensated) that have no reasonable connection with AmeriCorps Member activities
• Gambling for goods, services, or money
• Any activity and/or relationship that, in the judgment of the Corporation State Director, may be reasonably perceived to undermine discipline, good order, and/or morale
• Socializing that might lead to the perception of a relationship or overtures to activities listed above
Inappropriate relations include, but are not limited to:
• Nonprofessional relationships between a Corporation State Office staff member assigned to monitor or oversee a project, and an AmeriCorps Member or Leader of that project
• Nonprofessional relationships between an AmeriCorps supervisor and an AmeriCorps Member the supervisor oversees
• Nonprofessional relationships between an AmeriCorps Leader and an AmeriCorps Member