An Ethics Executive is an individual designated under section 62 of the PSOA. Each ministry and public body has its own Ethics Executive. To give you an example, if you work in a ministry, the deputy minister is your Ethics Executive.
If you are a public servant and you are not sure who your Ethics Executive is, you can contact the Office of the Integrity Commissioner confidentially to assist you with finding this information.
Ethics Executives are responsible for:
- promoting ethical conduct by current and former public servants,
- answering questions about the application of conflict of interest rules,
- determining whether an in-service conflict of interest exists,
- providing direction where there is a conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest, • receiving disclosures of wrongdoing from public servants within the applicable public body or ministry,
- accepting referrals of investigations from the Integrity Commissioner,
- completing investigations and all necessary reporting pursuant to a referral from the Integrity Commissioner.