Employees of the Central New York Regional Transportation Authority and its subsidiaries (individually and cumulatively referred to hereinafter as "CNYRTA"), adhere to the following code of conduct governing their performance in connection with CNYRTA use, awarding, monitoring and reporting of procurement contracts:

1. Consider the interests of CNYRTA first;
2. Give all bidders equal consideration and assurance of unbiased judgment in determining whether their proposed product(s) or service(s) meet the desired specifications;
3. Accord a prompt and courteous reception to all who call on legitimate CNYRTA business;
4. Never discriminate by dispensing special favors or privileges to anyone, whether or not for remuneration;
5. Never accept favors or benefits under circumstances which might be construed by reasonable persons as influencing the performance of CNYRTA duties;
6. Make no private promises of any kind binding upon the duties of office, as an employee of CNYRTA may have no private work which is binding on public duties;
7. Engage in no business with CNYRTA, either directly or indirectly, which is inconsistent with the conscientious performance of CNYRTA duties or in conflict with CNYRTA's written policies;
8. Never use any information obtained confidentially in the performance of CNYRTA duties as a means for making private profit; and
9. While an employee, officer, agent, or servant of CNYRTA, or an immediate family member of any of the preceding, and for a period of one (1) year following such tenure, do not participate in or maintain any interest, direct or indirect, in CNYRTA work, or in the selection, award, or administration of CNYRTA contracts, or the proceeds thereof if a conflict of interest, real or apparent, would be involved.
10. The Authority's officers, employees, agents, or Board Members will not solicit, accept, or receive gifts, gratuities, favors, or anything of any monetary value, from contractors, potential contractors, or parties to sub agreements, whether in the form of money, service, loan, travel, entertainment, hospitality, thing or promise, or in any other form, under circumstances in which it could reasonably be inferred that the gift was intended to influence or reward the recipient in the performance of his/her official duties or was intended as a reward for any official action on his/her part.