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Conflict of interest disclosure

A disclosure form employees complete to report outside activities, financial interests, and family relationships that could conflict with their duties. Use it at onboarding and for periodic refreshes.

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This form asks you to disclose outside activities, financial interests, and personal relationships that could conflict — or could reasonably appear to conflict — with your duties to Company name (the "Company"). Completing it fully and honestly protects both you and the Company: most disclosed situations can be managed sensibly once they are known, while undisclosed ones damage trust when they surface later.

1. What counts as a conflict of interest

A conflict of interest exists when your personal, financial, or family interests could influence, or could reasonably appear to influence, the judgment you exercise on the Company's behalf. The appearance of a conflict matters as much as an actual one, because it shapes how colleagues, clients, and partners read your decisions. Typical situations include:

  • Outside employment, consulting work, board or advisory seats, or ownership of a business that competes with the Company or supplies goods or services to it.
  • A significant financial interest held by you or an immediate family member in a competitor, supplier, client, or business partner, other than small holdings in broadly diversified public funds.
  • A family member or close personal relationship with someone the Company employs, is considering hiring, or does business with, especially where you influence decisions that affect that person.
  • Gifts, entertainment, or favors beyond modest courtesy value from anyone seeking to do business with the Company.
  • Use of Company property, confidential information, or your position for personal benefit.

If you are unsure whether something belongs on this form, disclose it. It is far easier to conclude that a situation is not a problem than to explain later why it was never mentioned.

2. Your disclosure

Answer every item below. Where nothing applies, write "none" — do not leave an item blank, because a blank entry cannot be distinguished from an omission.

  1. Outside activities. List any outside employment, consulting engagements, directorships, advisory roles, or business ownership, including the organization, your role, and the approximate time commitment: Outside activities
  2. Financial interests. Describe any financial interest you or an immediate family member holds in a competitor, supplier, client, or business partner of the Company: Financial interests
  3. Family and personal relationships. Identify any family member or close personal relationship connected to the Company as an employee, candidate, client, supplier, or partner, and describe the connection: Family and personal relationships
  4. Other circumstances. Describe any other situation a reasonable colleague might view as a potential conflict: Other circumstances

3. Review and management

The Company will review this disclosure and, where a conflict or potential conflict exists, agree measures with you to manage it. Measures may include recusal from specific decisions, an adjustment to reporting lines, additional oversight of particular transactions, or limits on an outside activity. A disclosed item is not, by itself, a finding of wrongdoing; most disclosures are resolved with simple safeguards. Failing to disclose a known conflict, by contrast, is treated as a serious matter under the Company's conduct standards.

4. Confidentiality

Disclosures are handled confidentially and shared only with the people who need them to assess and manage the situation, such as your manager, human resources, and, where relevant, legal or compliance staff. The Company does not use this form for any purpose unrelated to managing conflicts of interest.

5. Ongoing duty to update

Your duty to disclose is continuing. If a new situation arises, or a disclosed situation changes in any material way, submit an updated form within a reasonable time of becoming aware of the change. The Company may also ask you to reconfirm or refresh this disclosure periodically, for example during an annual review cycle.

Acknowledgment

I, Full name, holding the position of Role title, confirm that the information provided on this form is complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge, that I have not omitted any situation I know could create a conflict of interest or the appearance of one, and that I will promptly disclose future changes as described above.

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Signature: ✍ Signer signature Date: Signature date

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Not legal advice

This template is provided for general informational purposes only and is not legal advice. Laws differ by jurisdiction and change over time — have a qualified professional review any document before you rely on it.

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