Common use of Scope of Conflict of Interest Clause in Contracts

Scope of Conflict of Interest. a) An actual or potential conflict of interest arises when a Member is in a situation where his personal, financial or professional interests conflict or appear to conflict with his responsibilities to the University. A Member is also deemed to be in an actual or potential conflict of interest when an immediate family member or a person in a current or recent intimate relationship with the Member has personal, financial, or professional interests that conflict or appear to conflict with the Member’s responsibilities to the University. b) A conflict of interest does not arise where: i) Members participate in negotiations with regard to salary, benefits or terms of employment on behalf of the Association, themselves or other Members; ii) the interest of the Member and any benefit to the Member is only as part of the advancement of the interests of the Member’s academic unit or the University as a whole.

Scope of Conflict of Interest. a) An actual or potential conflict of interest arises when a Member is in a situation where his the Member’s personal, financial or professional interests conflict or appear to conflict with his their responsibilities to the University. A Member is also deemed to be in an actual or potential conflict of interest when an immediate family member or a person in a current or recent intimate relationship with the Member has personal, financial, or professional interests that conflict or appear to conflict with the Member’s responsibilities to the University. b) A conflict of interest does not arise where: i) Members participate in negotiations with regard to salary, benefits or terms of employment on behalf of the Association, themselves or other Members; ii) the interest of the Member and any benefit to the Member is only as part of the advancement of the interests of the Member’s academic unit or the University as a whole.