Examples of conflicts of interest by way of example, but not limited to:
you, your spouse, a member of your immediate family, a relative, a friend or roommate is currently employed or has been employed by one of our clients.
= This pretty standard.=
You, your spouse, a member of your immediate family, a relative, a friend or roommate is currently employed or has been employed in the last 5 years by a company that would be considered direct competition to one of our clients.
= Not quite as standard, although several MSCs have a clause similar to this, particularly if their clients are fast food restaurants.=
You, your spouse, a member of your immediate family, a relative, a friend or roommate is currently employed by a market research firm or mystery shopping company.
= If you or any member of your immediately family, relative, friend or roommate is a direct employee of a market research firm or mystery shopping company (for example, a scheduler, editor, etc., who is directly employed by an MSC), this would apply. If you are a mystery shopper performing assignments as an independent contractor, this clause would not apply to you because you are not considered to be employed the mystery shopping company. If you are a subject participating in market research, you are not considered to be employed by the market research company.