Status of Women committee  They're the same five values set by Treasury Board. We have respect, stewardship—please, help me out—democratic values, and so on.

Status of Women committee  As Pat was explaining, we've tailored this to the department's reality. This is the values and ethics code book with the code of conduct for DFAIT abroad. We could leave that with the committee. The deputy minister launched this on October 31, about three weeks ago.

Status of Women committee  Yes, we do. I'm also responsible for a function called mission inspections. I have a group of inspectors who go out to our embassies overseas to inspect the functioning of each of those offices as part of their program of inspections. We verify their awareness of values and ethics and the policy on harassment.

Status of Women committee  Yes, it would. It's for all DFAIT personnel covered by our code of values and ethics and the policy against harassment.

Status of Women committee  Absolutely.

Status of Women committee  I think the tone at the top is always very important in influencing employee behaviour. The fact that our senior deputy minister, Mr. Rosenberg, has taken the leadership role on values and ethics sends a clear signal. The fact that he has created an oversight body within the department which people can go to directly and that he has delegated authority directly to my director is a positive signal.

Status of Women committee  If I may, I'll take the question. The department has structured an office of inspector general and chief audit executive. There are five business lines, one of which is values and ethics. The deputy has also directly delegated the responsibility of harassment to the director of values and ethics.

Status of Women committee  That's a very good question, and it's a particular challenge for our department. We have three categories of employees at Foreign Affairs and International Trade. We have the regular public servants. We have public servants who are also foreign service officers and are therefore deployed overseas.