It is important for business to manage potential conflict of
interest that can happen in the firm. Some of the measures to
identify or prevent such issues are given below.
- Business needs to establish a policy and governance structure
which can handle itself and clearly defined process which will
reduce conflict of interest.
- Include atleast 2 ways of reporting an issue to the
stakeholders to ensure higher level officials are not insulated
from such complaints
- Create a sound whistle blower policy in the company
- There should be proper rules which prohibit actions like self
dealing, nepotism, getting gifts etc which is clear evidence of
conflict of interest.
- The company should be willing to pursue legal actions for such
identified incidents which can make others aware about the problems
due to such activities
- Proper training and awareness should be given to the employees
regarding such issues