Conflict exercises

1. Regulatory Concept & Core Standards

In this video we will consolidate a skill: choose measures for different connections. Use the case to test what you would do in a similar situation. We will explain the proposed response step by step so that you can understand each choice and recognise when more information would be needed. Conflicts connect private interests with a person’s decision-making role. The public/private interests law applies to defined declarants. Distinguish private internal policy from statutory public-sector rules.

Family, financial and former-employment interests differ. Check the specific decision connection and statutory status rather than general labels.

Apply the following rule: The Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Lithuania performs the competent-authority functions. Direct reporting follows Article 4 conditions, such as serious danger, possible management involvement, a non-functioning channel or ineffective action. Article 4(5) applies on learning of possible indications of a criminal offence. Public disclosure follows the separate Article 4(10) conditions. A software provider is not the Prosecutor’s Office.

2. Practical Implementation & Procedure

Assess each relationship and role, identify disclosure, recusal or further-check needs, and justify choices. Before moving on, turn this procedure into a sequence you could explain to a colleague. Identify the first check, the action that depends on its outcome and the record that allows the decision to be reconstructed. Follow the sequence on screen and identify the point where an error would change the result.

At each step, compare the information available with what is still needed for the decision. Arrange continuity when the designated worker is absent. A substitute receives only the information needed for the task, and their actions must remain verifiable.

Mark an unanswered question as a fact to verify. Identify who could confirm it and what access they actually need. A correct exercise choice alone does not show that the reasoning is understood. If the answer depends on an additional fact, state that condition explicitly.

For the workplace task, name the person who can approve the change and the person who will check that it works. Produce a concrete verifiable action, rather than only a promise to follow rules. Check effects on access rights and user information. Record questions that your organisation still needs to resolve.

3. Case Study & Compliance Action

One worker evaluates a spouse’s company, another receives a protocol gift, and a third previously worked for a bidder. Conditions differ. Now read the case carefully. Separate established facts from information you would still need to confirm. Do not add motives or events that have not been described. This distinction matters when choosing a response proportionate to the information available.

The exercise is as follows: Does the same word connection mean the same answer? Choose an answer and write one sentence explaining it. During the pause, compare your choice with the criteria we have just considered. Also think about the material you would retain to explain the decision later.

No. Check facts and provisions. Avoid automatic accusations or permission in place of assessment.

One mistake to avoid is: applying one unchecked template to every connection.

Now apply the national rule to a second decision. A worker is told that reporting to the Prosecutor’s Office requires the manager’s permission. Is that correct?

The Act does not impose such general employer permission. Check the direct-reporting ground under Article 4 and the official submission method. Possible management involvement, a non-functioning channel and ineffective action are circumstances requiring individual assessment. The advice line explains the procedure, but seeking advice is not itself submitting a report. Public disclosure has separate conditions.