SEC Issues Proposal on Ethics Rules for SEC Members and Employees

The SEC and the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) have jointly issued a proposed rule, Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for Members and Employees of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The proposal “would add new requirements and prohibitions to the [ethics compliance] program, which already includes some of the most stringent ethics requirements in the executive branch for all agency employees, their spouses, and minor children.”

For more information, see the press release on the SEC’s Web site.