Conflicts Checker
Determine whether taking on a new client or matter creates a conflict of interest and lay out the next ethical step.
Task Description
When someone seeks help, service providers must confirm they can represent or assist the person without a conflict of interest. Names are misspelled, people use nicknames or prior surnames, household members overlap, and partners may have their own legacy databases—making conflicts checks slow, error-prone, and stressful at the front desk or on the hotline.
This task focuses on a system that acts as a conflicts checker during onboarding. Based on the user’s answers and your organization’s data, it scans for current-client, former-client, prospective-client, and organizational conflicts, and then explains—in plain language—whether you can proceed, need to escalate, obtain a waiver, or must decline and refer out.
Success means intake staff can confidently clear or escalate in minutes, clients aren’t left waiting, privacy is protected, and your program maintains consistent, documented compliance with conflict-of-interest rules.