Re: Draft IAB conflict of interest policy

Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie> Thu, 09 January 2020 16:13 UTC

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Subject: Re: Draft IAB conflict of interest policy
To: IAB Chair <iab-chair@iab.org>, ietf@ietf.org, architecture-discuss@ietf.org, iab@iab.org
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From: Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie>
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Hiya,

FYI, this text is also in a github repo [1] so raising
issues there is also a possibility that may help us to
track things more easily, for folks who prefer to do
things that way.

Cheers,
S.

[1]
https://github.com/jariarkko/alternate-iab-coi-policy/blob/master/coi-policy.md


On 08/01/2020 23:14, IAB Chair wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> The IAB is considering adoption of the conflict of interest policy
> below.  If you have comments on this draft policy, please send them
> toiab@iab.org <mailto:iab@iab.org>.
> 
> best regards,
> 
> Ted Hardie
> for the IAB
> 
> 
>      INTERNET ARCHITECTURE BOARD CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY
> 
> This policy covers the nomcom-selected Internet Architecture Board (IAB)
> members and ex-officio members (collectively, “Covered Individuals”).
> This policy has no impact on any other participants in IAB activities,
> for instance liaisons to and from the IAB or IAB program members.
> 
> In carrying out their IAB role, Covered Individuals must act in the best
> interest of the Internet community. Occasionally this duty may be—or may
> appear to be—incompatible or in conflict with a Covered Individual’s
> personal interests (including interests of their family members), or the
> interests of an organization of which the Covered Individual is an
> employee, director, owner, or otherwise has business or financial
> interest. If a Covered Individual has a conflict of interest for
> whatever reason, that individual must avoid participating in the work of
> the IAB that touches on the related matter.
> 
> The IAB does not directly deal with matters relating to contracts or
> finance. The IAB does, however, have a role in personnel decisions, and
> its decisions and outputs have a potential to indirectly affect
> contracts within the IETF system. IAB's technical decisions and outputs
> have also a potential to impact both work elsewhere in the IETF and
> businesses that employ or develop Internet technology.
> 
> Covered Individuals shall not use the IAB’s resources or decisions as a
> means for personal or third-party gain.
> 
> 
>      Disclosure of Actual or Potential Conflicts
> 
> The IAB requires that all Covered Individuals disclose their main
> employment, sponsorship, consulting customer, or other sources of income
> when joining the IAB or whenever there are updates.
> 
> In addition, when a topic is discussed at the IAB, the Covered
> Individuals are required to promptly disclose if that topic constitutes
> a perceived or potential conflict of interest. Once disclosed, Covered
> Individuals may recuse from participation in discussions or decisions at
> their discretion.
> 
> The specific conflicts that may cause a perceived or potential conflict
> of interest are matters for individual and IAB judgment, but generally
> come in the following forms:
> 
>  *
> 
>    A personnel decision relates to the Covered Individual, a colleague
>    that the Covered Individual's works closely with, or a family
>    member. For the purposes of this policy, a "person working closely
>    with" is someone working in the same team or project, or a direct
>    manager or employee of the Covered Individual. And "family" means a
>    spouse, domestic partner, child, sibling, parent, stepchild,
>    stepparent, and mother-, father-, son-, daughter-, brother-, or
>    sister-in-law, and any other person living in the same household,
>    except tenants and household employees.
> 
>  *
> 
>    A decision or output from the IAB impacts a contract that the IETF
>    enters into with a party, and that party relates to the Covered
>    Individual, a colleague that the Covered Individual's works closely
>    with, or a family member.
> 
>  *
> 
>    Activity on the IAB involves discussion and decisions regarding
>    technical matters, mainly related to IETF activities. As an activity
>    adjacent to a standardization process, it is often the case that
>    Covered Individuals will have some (frequently non-financial) stake
>    in the outcome of discussions or decisions that relate to technical
>    matters. This policy does not require that Covered Individuals
>    disclose such conflicts of interest as they relate to technical
>    matters. However, Covered Individuals need to exercise their
>    judgment and, in extraordinary cases be willing to disclose
>    potential or perceived conflicts of interest even as they relate to
>    technical matters. For example, if a Covered Individual's sponsor
>    were in the process of entering a new market where there is an
>    ongoing IAB discussion, then disclosure, or even recusal, might be
>    appropriate, even if difficult.
> 
> 
>      Disclosure Transparency
> 
> A person's recusal to participate in the discussion of a topic is always
> noted in the public IAB minutes. In addition, the IAB will maintain a
> repository of all general disclosures of employment and other
> sponsorship. It is expected that much of this repository is public, but
> there can be situations where some disclosures (such as customers of
> consultants) are private.
> 
> 
> 
>  <https://github.com/jariarkko/alternate-iab-coi-policy/blob/master/coi-policy.md#status>
> 
> 
> 
>