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Page 172 of 486 Petrojam Limited Integrity Commission October 2019 informal), parents and siblings , on such terms as it deems fit. However, they will not be given any particular preference in employment, but will be considered along with other candidates on the basis of qualifications and Company standards. The Company will not assign an employee to a position in which he or she will be, or may become in the foreseeable future, either the supervisor or direct subordinate of a relative. If an employee becomes the supervisor of a relative as the result of a promotion or transfer, arrangements will be made, within the shortest possible time, to place the subordinate relative in another position and such position shall be determined in the absolute discretion of the Company. It is the obligation of the prospective employee to declare his familial relationship with any other employee. In the event it is ascertained that an employee failed, for any reason whatsoever, at the commencement of his or her employment or anytime thereafter, to disclose or declare his or her familial relationship with any other employee, then his or her employment, subject to the absolute discretion of the Company, shall be immediately determined. ” 55 (DI Emphasis) Further, the DI wishes to highlight that nepotism, by definition, refers to the “ bestowal of official favors on one’s relatives, esp. in hiring .” 56 Further, a relative is defined as “ a person connected with another by blood or affinity…” 57 Additionally, favouritism is defined as a “ preference or selection, usu. invidious, based on factors other than merit. ” 58 55 Clause 12 of Petrojam Limited’s Employment Policy which was made effective January 2008. 56 Black’s Law Dictionary. Ninth Edition. Thompson Reuters. 2009. 57 Ibid. 58 Ibid.