Common use of Abuse of Authority Clause in Contracts

Abuse of Authority. The term ‘‘abuse of authority’’ means an arbitrary and capricious exercise of authority by a contracting official or employee that adversely affects the rights of any person, or that results in personal gain or advantage to the official or employee or to preferred other persons.

Abuse of Authority. The term ‘‘abuse of authority’’ means an arbitrary and capricious exercise authority is the improper use of a position of influence, power or authority by staff member or non- staff personnel against another staff member or non-staff personnel or a group thereof. This is particularly serious when the person in question uses his or her influence, power or authority to arbitrarily influence the career or employment conditions. Abuse of authority by can include a contracting official one-time incident or employee a series of incidents. It may also consist of conduct that adversely affects creates a hostile or offensive work environment, which includes, but is not limited to, the rights use of any personintimidation, threats, blackmail or that results in personal gain or advantage to the official or employee or to preferred other personscoercion.

Abuse of Authority. The term ‘‘abuse of authority’’ means an arbitrary and capricious exercise Abuse of authority by a contracting official or employee occurs when an individual improperly uses the power and authority inherent in their position to endanger an employee's job, undermines the employee's ability to perform that adversely affects job, threatens the rights economic livelihood of any person, or that results in personal gain or advantage to the official or employee or to preferred other persons.in any way interferes with or influences the career of the employee. It includes intimidation, threats, blackmail or coercion. Responsibilities

Abuse of Authority. The term ‘‘Abuse of authority occurs when a person takes advantage of his or her professional authority to made demands that go beyond the context of work or unreasonably hamper the performance of tasks or the delivery of goods and services. When the abuse of authority’’ means an arbitrary and capricious exercise of authority by a contracting official or employee that adversely affects a person’s performance, threatens his or her career or the rights performance of any personhis or her services, or that results in personal gain or advantage to the official or employee or to preferred other personsit constitutes a form of harassment.

Abuse of Authority. The term ‘‘Abuse of authority occurs when a person takes advantage of his or her professional authority to made demands that go beyond the context of work or unreasonably hamper the performance of tasks or the delivery of goods and s ervices. When the abuse of authority’’ means an arbitrary and capricious exercise of authority by a contracting official or employee that adversely affects a person’s performance, threatens his or her career or the rights performance of any personhis or her services, or that results in personal gain or advantage to the official or employee or to preferred other personsit constitutes a form of harassment.

Abuse of Authority. The term ‘‘abuse of authority’’ means an arbitrary and capricious exercise Abuse of authority by a contracting official or employee occurs when an individual improperly uses the power and authority inherent in his/her position to endanger an employee's job, undermines the employee's ability to perform that adversely affects job, threatens the rights economic livelihood of any person, or that results in personal gain or advantage to the official or employee or to preferred other persons.in any way interferes with or influences the career of the employee. It includes intimidation, threats, blackmail or coercion. Responsibilities

Abuse of Authority. The term ‘‘abuse Abuse of authority’’ authority means an arbitrary individual's improper use of power and capricious authority inherent in the position held, by means of intimidation, threats, blackmail or coercion. This includes actions which could reasonably be expected to endanger an employee's position in a job, undermine an employee's ability to perform the job or threaten the economic livelihood of an employee. It shall not include the legitimate exercise of authority by a contracting official an individual's supervisory power or employee that adversely affects the rights of any person, or that results in personal gain or advantage to the official or employee or to preferred other personsauthority.