Managing a Potential Conflict of Interest or Conflict of CommitmentWhat if it’s extremely difficult to isolate the University’s interests from the employee’s interests or outside commitments?An example of this is…
Under such circumstances, the COI/COC manager would recommend the most appropriate steps available to address the conflict — despite its being impossible to alter the direct working relationship of the two employees and therefore to ensure a complete separation of interests. For example, the COI/COC manager could suggest that another researcher outside the laboratory to evaluate the partner’s work performance. |
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