Your Responsibilities

The Standards of Conduct, the Oath of Employment, and the conflict of interest guidelines provide explicit direction that public servants must avoid all conflicts of interest, whether real or perceived, and disclose any within 30 days of becoming aware of them. Employees must conduct themselves in a way that separates their personal and professional use of social media and must avoid all real, potential and perceived conflicts of interest. To become familiar with government’s ethics framework and the related legislation and policy, visit MyHR.

Social Media Use – What to Keep on Your Radar

Conflict of interest in the use of social media may take many forms.

Perception of conflict of interest may be influenced by things like:

• how your profiles are set up;
• whether you post about your work/workplace;
• overlap between your personal activities and the subject of your work; and
• who your friends or contacts are.

Ask yourself: What might my colleagues, friends, family, or members of the public think or assume about my behaviour and/or online presence?

If you have any questions or concerns, talk with your supervisor.