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Independence and conflicts

The value of The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) depends on its neutrality. Funders, sponsors, members, hosts and technology providers contribute. None can buy a finding, a ranking, an appointment, consent, a procurement advantage or a hidden limitation. How sponsor neutrality, provider independence and role conflicts are managed is below. Part of trust and accountability.

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01Contents

Independence and conflicts in three parts.

In this dossier3 parts
  1. 01Three rulesNeutral by design
  2. 02Provider independenceTechnology providers compete on evidence
  3. 03Role conflictsWhen one person or organisation holds more than one role
02Three rules

Neutral by design.

The rules apply to every form of support, whether money, data, infrastructure, hosting or expertise.

Sponsors

Support buys nothing

No support buys a finding, a ranking, an appointment, consent, procurement advantage or the suppression of a limitation.

Disclosure

Funding disclosed

Funding and review are disclosed with each publication, and sponsorship has no say in a test result.

Conflicts

Interests declared

Reviewers and leaders declare their interests. A reviewer with a declared conflict does not sign the acceptance it concerns.

03Provider independence

Technology providers compete on evidence.

  1. 01

    Selection on documented criteria

    Testbed participants are selected through documented decisions, not by level of contribution.

  2. 02

    No exclusivity by default

    Contributing technology or capacity does not make a provider the programme’s supplier.

  3. 03

    Testing is not endorsement

    A test result describes what was tested. It is not accreditation, certification or a recommendation to buy.

  4. 04

    Competition safeguards

    Precompetitive work is designed so that competitors’ confidential information is not exchanged.

04Process

How the process runs.

Process

How a correction moves

Anyone may request a correction without membership; an accepted one becomes a new version, and the earlier version stays on record with the reason.

  1. 01 Reporter

    1. 01Anyone may ask for a correctionActor · AnyoneAnyone may ask for a correction, without membership. No membership or Account is needed to report harm or correct public information.

  2. 02 Route and acknowledge

    1. 02Routed by kind of concernStepA scientific correction or integrity concern goes to the responsible editor or source owner.
    2. 03AcknowledgementRecordAnyone who raises a question, shares local knowledge or reports a concern gets an acknowledgement and an issue disposition.

  3. 03 Review

    1. 04Review by editor or source ownerStep · The responsible editor or source ownerA reviewer with a declared conflict never signs the relevant acceptance.
    2. 05Complaint about a decisionStep · A reviewer not responsible for the decisionA programme or decision complaint is reviewed by someone not responsible for the contested decision.
    3. 06Privacy, security and safeguarding queuesStepPrivacy and rights requests go to the Privacy Officer queue, security reports to the security disclosure queue.

  4. 04 Outcome

    1. 07Accepted correction becomes a new versionRecordAn accepted correction creates a new recorded version.
    2. 08Issue disposition recordedRecordThe reporter gets an issue disposition and, where appropriate, a remedy or referral. The docs name no appeal for a declined correction.

  5. 05 Carried into the record

    1. 09Affected analysis re-run with corrected inputsStep · Foundry pillarThe affected analysis is re-run with the corrected inputs.
    2. 10Change proposal to the standardsRecord · Nexus StandardsMethod and correction findings go to Nexus Standards as change proposals (F06). It records the correction as a change to the evidence.
    3. 11Courses that taught the finding updatedStep · Risk AcademyRisk Academy updates any course that taught the corrected finding.
    4. 12New version with correction and reasonRecord · ReportsReports publishes a new version with the correction and its reason. The earlier version stays on record with the correction history.

Status and service levels · Reports · The programme yearDesigned process, not a record of any case: no cycle has run and every programme is at service level R0, information and enquiries. A gate is a programme decision, never a public-authority approval, a certification or a deployment authorisation. The competent authority decides.

05Role conflicts

When one person or organisation holds more than one role.

One person may be a researcher, a reviewer and a council member at different times. Where roles meet on the same matter, the conflict is declared and the person steps back. Institutional influence cannot decide a scientific conclusion. Review practice is under scientific and editorial integrity and research integrity.

The Global Risks Alliance (GRA) publishes its own rules at GRA conflicts, sponsors and neutrality.

06Questions

Questions and answers.

Can a sponsor review a report before release?
A sponsor may be asked to check factual statements about itself. It cannot approve, change or delay a finding, and any such check is disclosed.
Does contributing more give more influence?
No. Contribution level does not affect findings, selection for evaluation, appointments or access to restricted data.
How are conflicts of GCRI staff handled?
Staff declare relevant interests. A declared conflict on a matter means stepping back from decisions on it, and the record shows who decided.
How do I report a suspected conflict?
Write to the integrity concern form with the matter and the facts you can share. The acknowledgement gives a reference, and the concern is reviewed by someone not involved.
Do GCRI’s statuses and memberships create conflicts?
They are declared publicly in their exact wording and belong to GCRI only. They do not extend to GRF, GRA or participating institutions, and they are not endorsements of Consortium programmes by the bodies named.
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