The use of State property, materials, supplies,
equipment, resources, etc., (tagged or
untagged), for private
use or personal gain, is
prohibited by the Louisiana Constitution of
1974, Article 7, Section 14, according to the NSU Property Control Policy &
Procedures Manual [Section 4.0, Item 4.1].
Institutional resources shall
not be used for personal
gain, according to the University of Louisiana System Board
Rules [Part II, Chapter III, Section 7(A)(6)].
As such, even items that one may consider as
trash or worthless,
may not be sold or used in any other manner that results in personal gain.
As a public employee, you may not profit from
items purchased with University dollars.
As a public employee, you may not profit from
items donated to the University.
As a public employee, you have a "personal
obligation not to misappropriate, misapply, convert, misuse, or otherwise
wrongfully take any funds, property, or other thing of value belonging to or
under the custody or control of the public entity in which they hold office
or are employed".
[See
LA R.S. 42:1461(A)]
