Action Here are some suggestions to avoid problems with conflict of interest
and loss of impartiality.
NUMBER
ACTION
1
Avoid situations where your official actions affect or appear to
affect your private interests, financial or non-financial.
2
Avoid making official decisions or taking official action in matters
in which you, your spouse, minor child or partner has a financial
interest.
(This also applies if an organization in which you serve as an
officer, director, trustee, partner, employee or prospective employee
has a financial interest with the Department.)
3
Do not use official confidential information for personal gain.
Do not make an investment that is likely to conflict with your
official duties or that is based on confidential information.
Be sensitive to statutory prohibition on the misuse of information
involving national security, trade secrets, private individual and
Government procurement.
4
Avoid decisions/actions that appear to give another party an unfair
advantage.
5
Avoid the appearance of being controlled or influenced by private
or outside interests.
Resolutions for Conflict of Interest
Options for the resolution of a conflict of interest include:
Disqualifying yourself from taking official action that could affect
your personal interest;
Requesting a waiver; or
Divesting yourself of a conflicting financial interest. (Contact
your Ethics Advisor before volunteering to divest.)
Contact
If you have a conflict of interest, or wish to ask questions regarding
conflict of interest or loss of impartiality, call your individual Ethics
Advisor or the REE Ethics Office.
