Ethics and Accountability

Conflict of Interest Policy

Covered persons, including the Founder, shall disclose material actual, potential, and perceived conflicts. A conflict is not automatically wrongdoing, but concealment or noncompliance is a governance concern. No person approves their own financial interest. Genuine conflicts require appropriate recusal, disinterested review, and documentation. A disputed Founder conflict must be determined through an approved, appropriately disinterested Ethics/Conflict process; a bare assertion cannot eliminate protected Founder authority. Recusal normally does not remove a Director from an “all Directors then serving” denominator unless law or higher authority controls otherwise.

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Conflict of Interest Policy

Policy Text

5. Conflict of Interest Policy

Covered persons, including the Founder, shall disclose material actual, potential, and perceived conflicts. A conflict is not automatically wrongdoing, but concealment or noncompliance is a governance concern. No person approves their own financial interest. Genuine conflicts require appropriate recusal, disinterested review, and documentation. A disputed Founder conflict must be determined through an approved, appropriately disinterested Ethics/Conflict process; a bare assertion cannot eliminate protected Founder authority. Recusal normally does not remove a Director from an “all Directors then serving” denominator unless law or higher authority controls otherwise.

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