Anti-corruption legal education: Conflict of interests in the public civil service and the procedure for its settlement (part 5)
Typical situation:
Conflict of interest related to performing other paid work.
Description of the situation:
A civil servant, on a paid basis, participates in the performance of work, the customer of which is the state body in which he replaces the position.
Prevention and control measures:
The employer's representative is encouraged to point out to the government official that such other paid work is a conflict of interest. If the civil servant does not take measures to resolve the conflict of interest and does not renounce his personal interest, it is recommended to consider the issue of removing the civil servant from the position being replaced.
It is important to note that the failure of a civil servant who is a party to a conflict of interest to take measures to prevent or resolve a conflict of interest is an offense that entails the dismissal of a civil servant from public service.