Clear lines on interests
Codes of conduct, gifts and hospitality.
- Level
- Bitesize
- Learning time
- 1 hour 15 minutes
- Where
- Ethics, Integrity and Standards
- Price
- £39
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Certificate of Completion
Overview and Outcomes.
Overview
A code is a promise made in public, and this module explains how that promise is overseen and enforced. It distinguishes codes of conduct from behavioural frameworks, sets out the Civil Service Code's four core values, maps who oversees standards, and compares the Welsh route through the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales with the English system and its announced reforms, including why fair process protects everyone. Conflicts of interest are where standards stop being abstract. This module covers actual, potential and perceived conflicts, the Porter v Magill test for apparent bias, a five step discipline for handling an interest, and the legal duties of directors, charity trustees and public office holders. It also covers quasi-judicial meetings and predetermination, influence after leaving office, and the Greensill Capital lobbying case.
What you'll develop
In this Bitesize, you will develop the ability to:
- Distinguish a code of conduct, which sets minimum standards, from a behavioural framework, which describes what good looks like.
- Describe the route of a code of conduct complaint in Wales and compare it with the current and proposed position in England.
- Apply the principles of fair process when supporting the people involved in a conduct complaint.
- Distinguish actual, potential and perceived conflicts of interest and apply the fair-minded and informed observer test.
- Apply the five steps of spotting, declaring, recording, stepping back and reviewing to an interest in your own work.
The Modules.
1 hour 15 minutes of learning.
- 04Codes, Standards and the RegulatorsA code is a promise made in public, and this module explains how that promise is overseen and enforced. It distinguishes codes of conduct from behavioural frameworks, sets out the Civil Service Code's four core values, maps who oversees standards, and compares the Welsh route through the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales with the English system and its announced reforms, including why fair process protects everyone.36 min
- 05Interests, Gifts and HospitalityConflicts of interest are where standards stop being abstract. This module covers actual, potential and perceived conflicts, the Porter v Magill test for apparent bias, a five step discipline for handling an interest, and the legal duties of directors, charity trustees and public office holders. It also covers quasi-judicial meetings and predetermination, influence after leaving office, and the Greensill Capital lobbying case.36 min
Keep going.
Part of the Ethics, Integrity and Standards topic, also sold whole as Integrity first.
Go deeper, and pay only the difference
- You are hereBitesize, 1 hour 15 minutes, £39
- Next stepFocus, Clear lines, sound choices, 3 hours, £69. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £30.
- The whole topicExplore, Integrity first, 5 hours 30 minutes, £129. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £90.
When you step up to a higher level, what you paid in the last 12 months for lower-level courses inside the bigger course comes off its price, in proportion to how much of each is inside it, whichever topic it's from. Courses at the same or a lower level don't give credit against each other. A Focus course or above always costs at least £15. Prices per person. Read the full terms
Also part of: Governing with confidence, Serving your community well, Your first days in office
