Issue link: http://itf.uberflip.com/i/237831
Supervisor/Referee or the ATP, Grand Slam Tournaments, ITF and WTA staff responsible for officiating. 9. Officials shall comply with the applicable criminal laws in all jurisdictions. For the avoidance of doubt, and without limiting the foregoing, this obligation is violated if an Official is convicted of or enters a plea of guilty or no contest to a criminal charge or indictment for any offence in any jurisdiction. 10. Officials are bound by and must comply with all of the provisions of the Uniform Tennis Anti-Corruption Program, and it is their responsibility to acquaint themselves with all the program rules, including the requirement to report any potentially corrupt approaches to the Tennis Integrity Unit (confidential@tennisintegrityunit.com). 11. Officials shall not have conversations with the crowd, except in the ordinary course of controlling the crowd during a match. 12. Officials must not participate in a media interview or meeting with a journalist where their statements relating to tennis officiating can be printed or broadcast without the approval of the Supervisor/Referee. 13. Officials shall not engage in unfair, unprofessional, criminal or unethical conduct, including attempt to injure or intentionally interfere with other Officials, players, tournament personnel and public. All Officials must also set a good example in their conduct to other Officials. 14. Officials shall not abuse his/her position of authority or control, and shall not compromise the psychological, physical or emotional wellbeing of other Officials, players or tournament personnel. 15. Officials shall not engage in sexual harassment or sexually abuse other Officials, players or tournament personnel. 16. Officials must make all tournament related requests to the Supervisor/Referee or Chief Umpire, rather than making requests directly to the Tournament Director or staff. 17. Officials shall commit to each event they work at until released by the Supervisor/Referee. If an Official has accepted a tournament selection, he/she shall not withdraw from that tournament to officiate at another tournament at the same time, without the permission of the ATP, Grand Slam Tournaments, ITF or WTA officiating representatives, as applicable. b) Violations and Sanctions 1. All Officials are under a continuing duty to disclose to the Joint Certification Programme any actual, suspected or alleged violations of the Code of Conduct for Officials of which they are aware, concerning themselves or another Official. Failure to so report would in itself constitute a violation of the Code of Conduct for Officials. 2. If the alleged violation takes place on-site at a tournament it should be reported to the relevant organisation's Officiating Representative following an initial investigation by the on-site Supervisor/Referee. The on-site Supervisor/Referee has the authority to make a decision in relation to the 27