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(a) Every city employee or official shall report, directly and without undue delay, to the inspector general any and all information concerning conduct which such employee or official knows or should reasonably know to involve corrupt or other unlawful activity (i) by another city employee or official which concerns such employee's or official's employment or office; or (ii) by any person dealing with the city which concerns the person's dealings with the city. Any employee or official who knowingly fails to report a corrupt or unlawful activity as required in this section shall be subject to employment sanctions, including discharge, in accordance with procedures under which the employee may otherwise be disciplined.
(b) Every city contractor shall report, directly and without undue delay, to the city's inspector general any and all information concerning conduct by any person which such contractor knows to involve corrupt activity. A city contractor's knowing failure to report corrupt activity as required in this subsection (b) shall constitute an event of default under the contract. For purposes of this subsection (b), “corrupt activity” shall mean any conduct set forth in subparagraph (a)(1), (2) or (3) of Section 1-23-020 of this Code. The standard for knowledge applied to the terms “knows” and “knowing” in this subsection (b) shall be the same standard applied to the terms “knowing” and “knowingly” in Section 1-22-010 of this Code.
(c) For purposes of this section, a report made to the inspector general's toll-free hotline shall be considered to be a report under this section.
(Added Coun. J. 7-25-12, p. 31123, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 2-5-14, p. 74075, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 2-10-16, p. 19348, §§ 3, 5)
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| 1-23-020 | The hyper-linked material is not part of the Chicago Building Code infobase and therefore is not included herein. The material is included in other provisions of the Chicago Municipal Code. The complete Chicago Municipal Code is available for purchase from American Legal Publishing in both print and Folio® versions. Please click here for the appropriate American Legal order form in printable Adobe® PDF format. For additional information, you may visit American Legal's website by clicking here. |
| 1-22-010 | The hyper-linked material is not part of the Chicago Building Code infobase and therefore is not included herein. The material is included in other provisions of the Chicago Municipal Code. The complete Chicago Municipal Code is available for purchase from American Legal Publishing in both print and Folio® versions. Please click here for the appropriate American Legal order form in printable Adobe® PDF format. For additional information, you may visit American Legal's website by clicking here. |