No College employee may function as judge or advocate in specific situations involving members of his or her immediate family such as the employee’s spouse, child, parent, grandparent, brother, sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law. Members of the faculty or staff should neither initiate nor participate in institutional decisions involving a direct benefit (such as initial appointment, retention, promotion, salary, or leave of absence) to members of their immediate families. Employees shall not be placed in a position that can influence the supervision, direction, or operations affecting an immediate family member.