CHC50113
CHCLEG001
SCENARIO
19/03/2018
At this service we have a code of conduct that must be followed, and, in this instance, Paul
has breached that code of conduct. The policies on conflict of interests states staff must not
be involved in any activity that may cause a conflict of interest, especially one that has not
been declared to our immediate manager. We must disclose any actual or potential conflicts
to our manager at the earliest opportunity actually. Conflict of interests aren’t always
necessarily wrong but as Paul hasn’t disclosed his relation to the person (previous client)
who has applied and been successful in getting this job to our manager, he has breached the
code/policy on conflicts of interest. How we deal with conflict of interest is very important
to make sure we’re following policy and procedures correctly at our workplace. We need to
advise our manager of this conflict of interest to seek guidance as to how to manage this
situation as soon as possible. I believe we could improve the policies and procedures on
conflict of interest by implementing a policy to ask potential employees when applying for a
job here if they have any relation/s to someone already employed here (if known) to avoid
that potential conflict of interest, and to say if a current employee does have a connection
to the applicant to make sure they aren’t involved in the employment process. With all that
said, hopefully from this situation we can prevent this type of conflict of interest from
happening again.