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General Requirements <br />42.1. No employee, officer or agent of the SUB -RECIPIENT who is authorized in an official capacity to <br />negotiate, make, accept or approve, or to take part in negotiating, making, accepting or approving any <br />subaward, including contracts or subcontracts, in connection with this grant shall have, directly or <br />indirectly, any financial or personal interest in any such subaward. Such a financial or personal interest <br />would arise when the employee, officer, or agent, any member of his or her immediate family, his or her <br />partner, or an organization which employs or is about to employ any of the parties indicated herein, has a <br />financial or personal interest in or a tangible personal benefit from an entity considered for a subaward. <br />42.2. Based on this policy: <br />42.2.1. The SUB -RECIPIENT shall maintain a written code or standards of conduct that provide for <br />disciplinary actions to be applied for violations of such standards by officers, employees, or agents. The <br />code or standards shall provide that the SUB=RECIPIENT-'s-officers,-employees, or -agents may neither <br />solicit nor accept gratuities, favors, or anything of monetary value from present or potential sub- <br />awardees, including contractors or parties to subcontracts and establish penalties, sanctions or other <br />disciplinary actions for violations, as permitted by State or local law or regulation. <br />42.2.2. The SUB -RECIPIENT shall maintain responsibility to enforce the requirements of the written code <br />or standards of conduct. <br />Disclosure Requirements <br />42.3. No SUB -RECIPIENT, including its officers, employees or agents, shall perform or continue to <br />perform under a grant or cooperative agreement, whose objectivity may be impaired because of any <br />related past, present, or currently planned interest, financial or otherwise, in organizations regulated by <br />NHTSA or in organizations whose interests may be substantially affected by NHTSA activities. <br />42.3.1. The SUB -RECIPIENT shall disclose any conflict of interest identified as soon as reasonably <br />possible, making an immediate and full disclosure in writing to WTSC. The disclosure shall include a <br />description of the action which the recipient has taken or proposes to take to avoid or mitigate such <br />conflict. <br />42.3.2. NHTSA will review the disclosure and may require additional relevant information from the <br />recipient. If a conflict of interest is found to exist, NHTSA may (a) terminate the award, or (b) determine <br />that it is otherwise in the best interest of NHTSA to continue the award and include appropriate <br />provisions to mitigate or avoid such conflict. <br />43.3.3 Conflicts of interest that require disclosure include all past, present or currently planned <br />organizational, financial, contractual or other interest(s) with an organization regulated by NHTSA or with <br />an organization whose interests may be substantially affected by NHTSA activities, and which are <br />related to this award. The interest(s) that require disclosure include those of any SUB -RECIPIENT, <br />page 20 of 26 <br />