Typical features – high risk areas
High risk areas are typically those where employees:
- have the power to make or influence decisions that can benefit others, or
- have private interests that may conflict with their work duties.
Identifying your organisation’s high-risk areas
The process of identifying your organisation’s high-risk areas would include reviewing its functions, activities and operating environment.
List of typical high-risk areas
Our list of typical areas of high risk for conflict of interest [linked] will be useful to consider during this process. It has examples of typical high-risk areas relating to:
- organisation functions and employee roles
- operating environment
- private interests.
Benefits to your organisation
Identifying your organisation’s own particular areas of high risk for conflict of interest will enable your organisation to:
- develop preventative strategies to reduce the likelihood of conflicts of interest arising
- advise employees of high risk areas for your organisation – for example, list these areas in your organisation’s conflict of interest policy or guidance
- provide targeted safeguards and education for employees in high risk areas
- help to ensure that when conflicts of interest do arise the risk mitigation strategies in your organisation’s conflict of interest policy are suitable to manage them.
More information
For more information see:
- your organisation’s conflict of interest policy and guidance
- our conflict of interest guidance.
IBAC also offers information on conflicts of interest, such as:
- IBAC’s guidance material (available in easy English and several languages) and IBAC’s e-learning module on understanding and managing conflicts of interest.
- IBAC – Managing corruption risks associated with conflict of interest in the Victorian public sector
- IBAC – Operation Carson case study and links
- IBAC – Conflict of interest – myths, misconceptions and management.