Possible conflicts
Implementer, consultant, financial, competing research, funder or institutional interest
Conflict of Interest
Reviewer assignment considers expertise, geography, availability, prior relationships and conflicts.
Expertise is useful only when relevant interests are visible and managed.
Declaration states
No conflict, declared, managed or recused
Assignment safeguard
Potential conflict routes the record to an alternative reviewer
Partner firewall
Implementation proves activity—not effectiveness
Funding firewall
Support cannot purchase conclusions, ratings, rankings or suppression
Decision record
Conflict status and management action travel with the review
PRINCIPLE