I’m work in state government and we are not allowed to accept gifts of any kind. If a constituent were to send me flowers, my ethics office would choose a charity to donate them to and have me write to the person to let them know.

As a private business (that sells to government entities) employee who completes annual ethics training about what we cannot give public employees, same.

Did you have to swear an oath to defend the state or federal Constitution? Did you think it meant you have to uphold it?