Oct 9, 2015, 7:52 PM

@Ganymede said:

You cannot reasonably compare the situation to judges and their family members. Judges can be impeached and censured in a variety of meaningful ways. Staff cannot, other than removing them.

Character is what is most important. And vigilance by administrators..

Note how even though Judges can be impeached and censured, they are still expected to recuse themselves from cases where there might exist appearances of impropriety. Good staff policy is about the same thing. It's extremely rare in my experience for members of staff to actually cheat but by removing obvious conflicts of interests off the table entirely you make everyone feel more comfortable.