University of Tehran Public Law Studies Quarterly 2423-8120 52 1 2022 03 21 Managing Conflicts of Interest in the Public Sector Managing Conflicts of Interest in the Public Sector 297 321 84791 10.22059/jplsq.2020.292517.2235 FA Bagher Ansari Associate Prof., Department of Human Rights, Faculty of Law, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2019 11 14 Managing conflicts of interests is a means for preventing corruption and increasing public transparency, efficiency, accountability and trust. Every government employee may face a conflict of private and public interests. Therefore, conflict of interest in the public sector must be properly managed, otherwise it could lead to corruption. Many countries have adopted laws on the management of conflict of interests but there is no specific law on this matter in the Iranian legal system; although some general laws on combating corruption have made explicit or implicit references to this concept. Nonetheless, in recent times a political will for addressing the problem of conflict of interest situations in the public sector has emerged. In fact, a bill about this issue has been drafted by the Iranian government, and, some general laws such as the Commerce Code have been amended for this purpose. Based on a comparative study, this paper intends to conceptualize conflict of interest management and then to elaborate the main areas of conflict of interest in the public sector and methods by which they can be managed. Managing conflicts of interests is a means for preventing corruption and increasing public transparency, efficiency, accountability and trust. Every government employee may face a conflict of private and public interests. Therefore, conflict of interest in the public sector must be properly managed, otherwise it could lead to corruption. Many countries have adopted laws on the management of conflict of interests but there is no specific law on this matter in the Iranian legal system; although some general laws on combating corruption have made explicit or implicit references to this concept. Nonetheless, in recent times a political will for addressing the problem of conflict of interest situations in the public sector has emerged. In fact, a bill about this issue has been drafted by the Iranian government, and, some general laws such as the Commerce Code have been amended for this purpose. Based on a comparative study, this paper intends to conceptualize conflict of interest management and then to elaborate the main areas of conflict of interest in the public sector and methods by which they can be managed. https://jplsq.ut.ac.ir/article_84791_24c5826c885620a0a7864b7a6d976205.pdf