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Download our conflict of interest disclosure form

The download addresses employer-employee and employer-contractor conflicts of interest. But what about employer-employee-contractor conflicts of interest?

I would be interested in sharing my experience relating to what I believe is an Organizational Conflict of Interest but I would need assistance from a techrepublic editor as I am too close to the situation and would like the result to be objective and constructive.

Scenario Attributes:

Union shop. Contract with Employees. Multiple Seniority Units. Embedded Contractors. Public Sector. $4.8 billion deficit. Contract with Contractors at an hourly rate 4 times that of employees doing similar work. Organizational Conflict of Interest Policy. Conflict of Interest Waiver process available but not used.

Example Questions:

Do contract related / work related conflicts of interest policies apply equally to protect all parties involved ( employer, contractor, and employee)?

Is the existence of an organizational conflict of interest in a particular situation evidence of a hostile working environment?

Can employees be held accountable for performance deemed unacceptable by a supervisor when management has delegated project management to contractors clearly competing for the same work?

Let me know if these topic ideas are of interest.

thank you.

Reference: http://www.admin.state.mn.us/conflicts_of_interest.html

I noticed that the link is broken in my previous reference for some reason so I will provide an update to the State of Minnesota website:

http://www.mmd.admin.state.mn.us/mn05026.htm