Real and perceived conflicts of interest

(upbeat music) - [Male Instructor] Welcome back to Conflicts of Interest Unpacked. In the last module, we introduced the main concepts of conflict of interest and looked specifically at how actual or real conflicts of interest come about. An actual or real conflict of interest is where a professional's self-interest could in fact, motivate them to act in a way that goes against their clients or employer's interest or the public interest and the person actually does have the opportunity to take that action or make that decision. Note that they haven't yet made that decision either way just that the opportunity is there and that the individual has the power to decide or influence the outcome. - [Female Instructor] In the last module, we focused on examples where the conflict arises because someone's self-interest is competing with their duty to act in another person's interest. So for example, where there's a conflict…