Indicates whether the organization has a written policy to monitor and disclose any potential conflicts of interest between the organization and its board members, owners, or material investors.
Indicates whether the organization has a written policy to monitor and disclose any potential conflicts of interest between the organization and its board members, owners, or material investors.
Organizations should footnote the details of this policy and information about conflicts of interest disclosed during the reporting period.
This metric is intended to capture the organization’s policies on conflicts of interest. A conflict of interest is a set of circumstances that creates a risk that professional judgment or actions regarding a primary interest will be unduly influenced by a secondary interest.
Metrics identified as "cross-category" are those that are relevant to any IRIS+ Impact Category or Impact Theme (i.e., these metrics are not specific to any particular industry/category or theme).
June 2022 - IRIS v5.3 Released (current version)
Immaterial change. Minor revision to usage guidance for clarity.
January 2020 - IRIS v5.1 Released
No change.
May 2019 - IRIS v5.0 Released
No change.
March 2016 - IRIS v4.0 Released
Immaterial change. Minor revision to definition language for clarity.
March 2014 - IRIS v3.0 Released
No change.
November 2011 - IRIS v2.2 Released
No change.
February 2011 - IRIS v2.1 Released
No change.
September 2010 - IRIS v2.0 Released
Immaterial change. Conflict of Interest Policy (OI2596) replaced Policies: Conflict of Interest (OG2.2). IRIS ID / metric name changed due to framework upgrade. Minor revision to definition language for clarity.
September 2009 - IRIS v1.0 Released
New metric. Policies: Conflict of Interest (OG2.2) was developed via the Original IRIS Working Group.