Supervisors at USAID are responsible for fostering an environment that embodies accountability, inclusion, integrity, dignity, and respect. This includes promoting respectful and healthy interactions with partners, beneficiaries, and other stakeholders and preventing sexual misconduct in our workplace and programming. The links below provide managers with resources and tools to help in this regard.

CULTURE OF LEADERSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY

• USAID Leadership Philosophy
• USAID Supervisor Commitment in Support of Preventing Sexual Misconduct
• USAID Employee Standards of Conduct

USAID AUTOMATED DIRECTIVES SYSTEM (ADS)

ADS 100 Series

• ADS 110 Equal Employment Opportunity

ADS 200 Series

• ADS 205 Integrating Gender Equality and Female Empowerment in USAID’s Program Cycle

ADS 300 Series

• USAID Acquisition Regulation (AIDAR): A Mandatory Reference to ADS 300 Acquisition Chapters
• ADS 302mbf Award Provisions Encouraging More Comprehensive Nondiscrimination Policies by USAID Contractors and Recipients
• ADS 303 Grants and Cooperative Agreements to Non-Governmental Organizations
• ADS 303maa Standard Provisions for U.S. Non-Governmental Organizations
• ADS 303mab Standard Provisions for non-U.S. Non-Governmental Organizations

ADS 400 Series

• ADS 485 Disciplinary Action - Foreign Service
• ADS 487 Disciplinary and Other Adverse Actions Based Upon Employee Misconduct - Civil Service
• ADS 487saa Table of Offenses and Penalties

ADDITIONAL POLICIES

• USAID Performance Management Standards for Promoting a Respectful, Safe, Healthy, and Inclusive Environment
• 3 FAM 1710 Department of State “Sexual Assaults Involving Chief of Mission Personnel and Facilities Outside of the United States
• 3 FAM 4300 Department of State “Disciplinary Action (Including Separation for Cause)” (applies to USAID Foreign Service)
• 3 FAM 4370 Department of State “List of Offenses Subject To Disciplinary Action - Foreign Service” (applies to USAID Foreign Service)

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• USAID Office of Civil Rights and Diversity
• USAID Staff Care Center
• USAID Office of Inspector General Fraud Awareness Handbook

For more information or for suggestions for additional content, please contact: aapsm@usaid.gov.