OECD Integrity Review of Thailand by OECD

Author:OECD
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Governance
ISBN: 9789264291928
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2018-03-06T16:00:00+00:00

To increase prevention and management of conflicts of interest, Thailand should include a definition of conflict of interest in its Code of Professional Ethics for the Civil Service

Clarity on what constitutes a conflict of interest not only helps civil servants to recognise potential conflicts of interest before they occur, but facilitates the management of conflict- of-interest situations and helps to judge whether a case may be in violation of the Code, for example when considering reporting wrongdoing. A clear definition also helps to apply the same standard across government institutions and ensures policy coherence.

In Thailand, the Code of Professional Ethics for Civil Service (2009) refers to the conflict between private gain and the public interest. Directive IV of the Code of Professional Ethics for Civil Service (2009) stipulates that “A civil servant shall refrain from seeking personal gain in undue manner from using his/her office, and shall not commit any act in conflict between personal gain and public interest”. This provision remains conceptual and provides limited guidance on which situations are in violation of the Code and which are not.

Thailand could refine the concept of conflict of interest in more detail and integrate the definition in the integrity policy framework. For this purpose, it can draw on the experience from OECD countries such as Poland and Portugal, which have embedded a definition of conflict on interest in the regulatory framework (Box ‎3.3).

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