In the course of performing his official duties, an employee may find himself in a situation where he has a real opportunity to use his powers for personal gain or to act in the interests of third persons. Such situation, according to the adopted legislation of most countries, including the Republic of Uzbekistan, is called a conflict of interest. The regulation of the conflict of interest is aimed at identifying such situations in a timely manner, so as not to allow the employee to act in it completely independently and not to give an objectively existing opportunity to develop into an offense, thereby preventing corruption.

The regulation of the conflict of interest allows solving additional tasks:

• Identify the circle of related persons who may be involved in corruption schemes;
• Apply sanctions when an employee acts in personal interests, but harm is difficult to prove for one reason or another;
• Increase the transparency of the activities of the state body (organization).

However, the main task is still to prevent corruption.

Conflict of interest, corruption, employee

Law of March 23, 2018 No. 206-N “On Public Service”

Law No. 30 of 2014 on Public Administration

Law of October 26, 1999 No. 25.188 "On ethics in the implementation of public administration"

Law of June 17, 2016 No. 133 “On Declaration of Property and Personal Interests”

Law of February 22, 2008 No. 25 “On the code of official conduct for civil servants”

Law of October 14, 2014 No. 1700-VII “On the Prevention of Corruption”

Prevention of Conflicts of Interest Act 2006

Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of New Zealand. Managing conflicts of interest: A guide for the public sector (Controller and Auditor-General of New Zealand. Managing conflicts of interest: A guide for the public sector)

Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On Public Procurement” dated April 22, 2021 No. ZRU-684 // National Legislation Database, April 23, 2021, No. 03/21/684/0367

Signed in Caracas, Venezuela, 03/29/96.

Adopted by General Assembly resolution 58/4 of 31 October 2003

Adopted by General Assembly resolution 51/59 of 12 December 1996

OECD, June 2003