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Last month, employees of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) were asked to fill out and sign a confidential conflict-of-interest document, part of a new code-of-conduct protocol that includes a mandatory training session and meeting with a manager. In itself, this is not unusual. Employers routinely require staff to disclose potential conflicts—financial or personal—that could compromise their ability to do their jobs.

What makes the 17-page “Employee Confidentiality Report” obtained by Maclean’s unique is that it classifies the civil servants’ behaviours—both on and off the job—by “categories of risk”: Red signals “high risk” of conflict of interest, yellow “moderate risk” and green “low or no risk.” The colour-coded model mirrors the terrorism threat-advisory scale created by U.S. Homeland Security after 9/11—except that the threat levels here apply to civil servants, many of them scientists, working for a federal department that oversees Canada’s earth sciences, minerals and metals, forests and energy, and identifies its vision as: “Improving the quality of life of Canadians by creating a sustainable resource advantage.”

The “assessment tool,” sent to 2,000 NRCan employees, with the remaining 1,700 to receive it in the next few months, asks 12 questions about their “position and duties” and 10 about “outside activities,” including volunteer and advocacy work. Any potential conflicts, employees are told, will be resolved by one of five “mitigation measures,” which range from documenting the conflict of interest to asking the employee to resign.

Employees with high public profiles and access to classified materials and strategic decision-making are deemed “high risk.” So are those who have “friends and/or family who are employees in my sector.” (“Friends,” the memo helpfully explains, “refers to persons with whom you socialize outside of work or work-related events.”) In other words, things that in many workplaces would be considered an asset—networking skills, a presence in the industry—appear to be red flags if you’re an NRCan scientist or staffer. Also unusual is an emphasis on employees’ off-duty activities and their social relationships. Having “friends and/or family” within your department is a “moderate risk.” An NRCan spokesperson explained to Maclean’s that by focusing on “friendships in one’s sector, we are highlighting enhanced awareness and understanding of potential situations that could call into question an employee’s impartiality, for example, staffing or for work assignments.”

Oddly, the most common conflict-of-interest concern in most organizations—investments or financial interests dovetailing with operations—comes almost dead last, the ninth of 10 questions.

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