Management Of Conflicts Of Interest Flashcards
To manage conflicts of interest commanders must:
Provide advice and guidance when conflicts are identified
Record the conflict of interest and have risk assessment done
Assess the risks associated with the conflict
Identify strategies to reduce the risk
Manage the conflict with the officer
Monitor the conflict until it is resolved.
What is the commanders responsibility in relation to managing conflicts of interest.
It is a shared responsibility between police and employees to work together to ID and implement strategies to resolve the conflict.
When managing a conflict of interest what must a commander make sure is done.
Make sure all records and decisions are properly recorded, implemented and monitored.
What is a conflict of interest
When the private interest of an officer interferes with or influences or appears to influence the official duties and responsibilities.
A conflict of interest can involve gaining a personal advantage as well as avoiding or minimising personal disadvantage. That is, a conflict of interest may allow you to avoid a loss, expense, or something else that has a negative impact on your personal or private interests.
Where a conflict of interest arises you are required to put the public interest before your private interests, whether on or off duty.
What is the definition of public interest
Carry out your official duties and responsibilities for the benefit of the public in a fair, unbiased way and make decisions that are not affected by self interest, personal values, private opinions, private affiliations or the likelihood of personal gain or loss.
What are examples of conflict of interest
Receipt if gifts Secondary employment Media/ public comment Endorsements Sponsorship Release of information Source management Character reference Investigation Declarable associations
To deal with conflict of interest what are the 5 steps.
Identify Avoid Report Manage Monitor
Where are conflicts if interest required to be recorded.
On the officers personnel file a d on a separate command spreadsheet.
What are the 5 management options for conflicts of interest
Record Restrict involvement Recruit others to assist Remove the person from the situation Relinquish the personal interest.
What obligations does the employee have when dealing with conflicts of interest.
They must report the conflict and actively work with the employer to manage and or reduce/eliminate the risk.
What should you do if an employee refuses to cooperate in developing an appropriate management strategy or fails to comply with a developed strategy relating to conflict of interest.
Commander should issue a management direction to take part in the strategy. Failure to comply with a management strategy will be considered misconduct and may result in management action.
When should management action be taken in relation to conflicts of interest
- fails to identify a conflict (where they are reasonably expected to identify)
- fails to avoid a conflict that could have been avoided
- fails to report an unavoidable conflict
- took action on a conflict to benefit their personal or private interests
- fails to cooperate in the management of a conflict
- fails to comply with policy.
What does the management of conflicts of interest allow us to do
- provide fair and impartial services to the community
- maintain public confidence in policing
- implement corruption resistance strategies
- effectively deal with allegations of bias / misconduct.
