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 According to Dauphin County’s nepotism policy, children do not count as family members, is highly unusual and runs counter to best practices, writes Juliette Rihl, reporting for Penn Live.

“These rules exist to preserve fairness and public trust by preventing preferential treatment— excluding children undermines that core purpose,” said Davina Hurt, Ethics Center's director of government ethics.

“Even if the hire technically complies with the revised rules, the public is left questioning whether the rules were changed to serve the public interest— or to serve one person,” Hurt said.

Davina Hurt, director, government ethics, quoted by Penn Live.