Practice question
An official recommends a relative for employment in a company whose contract application is pending before his office. He says the prohibition requires proof that the relative was actually hired. Which is best?
- Only completed hiring is ever covered
- Kinship automatically authorizes the recommendation
- A pending transaction legally counts as no transaction
- The company’s private status eliminates the rule
- Section 7(b)(3) prohibits the specified recommendation itself; successful hiring is not stated as its trigger
Legal references
- RA 6713, Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1989/ra_6713_1989.html; Section 7(b)-(c), including post-employment paragraph.
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