Conflict of Interest
Also called: gifts, financial conflict
Definition
A situation in which a practitioner's personal, financial or other interests could compromise, or appear to compromise, their professional judgment on behalf of a client or supervisee. Multiple relationships are the most common source; gifts above a small value, business arrangements with families, and recommending services one profits from are others.
In plain language
When something you stand to gain could sway, or look like it sways, your judgment for a client. Gifts and side deals are common examples.
Example
A family offers to pay a technician privately for extra weekend sessions outside the agency. The technician declines and tells their supervisor.
Not conflict of interest
Recommending a program because the data show it works for this learner. No competing interest is involved.
Commonly confused with
See also
Written from
- bacb-ethics-code-2022 — Standards on multiple relationships and conflicts of interest
Written from the ethics code's standards on conflicts of interest, in our own words. No text reproduced.
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