Re: [arch-d] Draft IAB conflict of interest policy

[Toerless Eckert <[e-mail]>]

On Wed, Jan 08, 2020 at 03:14:57PM -0800, IAB Chair wrote:
[...]

> Covered Individuals shall not use the IAB???s resources or decisions as a
> means for personal or third-party gain.

I really do not know how to judge this.

I am thining about the following question to (candidate) IAB members:

"Can the work of the IAB that you contribute to impact future
financial results of your employer / sponsor ?"

If one would answer YES, does that constitute a COI ?

If not, then what would be a good reference example for the most minor COI 
that one should be concerned about ?

Thanks
    Toerless

> 
>      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>
> 
> 

> _______________________________________________
> Architecture-discuss mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/architecture-discuss


-- 
---
[e-mail]