No employee, officer, board or Council member of the Tribe shall participate directly or indirectly in the selection, award, or administration of any contract if a conflict of interest, either real or apparent, would be involved. This type of conflict would be when one of the persons listed below has a financial interest or any other type of interest in a firm competing for the award:
A. 
An employee, officer, board member, or agent involved in making the award;
B. 
His/her relative (including father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, cousin, husband, wife, in-law, stepparent, stepchild, or half-sibling);
C. 
His/her partner; or
D. 
An organization which employs or is negotiating to employ, or has an arrangement concerning prospective employment, of any of the above.
No officer, employee, board or Council member or agent of the Tribe shall ask for or accept gratuities, favors, or items of more than $25 in value from any contractor, potential contractor, or party to any subcontract, and shall not knowingly use confidential information for actual or anticipated personal gain. In the event that an officer, employee, board or Council member or agent of the Tribe receives a gratuity, favor or item of more than $25 in value and cannot return it, the item shall be turned over to the Tribal Secretary who shall distribute such items to tribal members in need.
Contractors wanting to do business with the Tribe must not hire a person to solicit or secure a contract for a commission percentage, brokerage, or contingent fee, except for bona fide established commercial selling agencies.
No officer, employee, board or Council member or agent of the Tribe who has the authority to grant or award a contract or determine to conduct business with vendors on behalf of a tribal business shall accept employment or a position as director or a similar position, acquire an ownership interest, or otherwise be involved with any certified preference business which has been granted or awarded a contract or done business with the tribal business during the tenure of the officer, employee, board or Council member or agent of the Tribe for a period of twelve (12) months following termination of the employment, term or position of the officer, employee, board or Council member or agent of the Tribe.