Thanks for creating this document Yohann. It would be nice see the process
and reasoning steps behind the creation of this document (or better still
the document edit history and talk page!) .
A couple of questions:
1) "The Covered Person shall not take any decision based on any political
biases and any connections which he/she might have had or are currently
having with any politically affiliated institution. He/she shall carry out
his/her responsibilities in a manner that will serve to further the
interests of WMIN only."
Has there been a discussion of the definition of "political" here or how it
would be differentiated from "ideological"? Is this based on an assumption
that a knowledge-gathering project can be achieved without any "bias"
("knowledge is neutral")? What if "furthering the interest of WMIN"
came in
conflict with furthering the interests of the larger movement? Is there an
"Ignore-All-Rules"-style clause?
2) The document notes that (c) voting is a situation that comes under
"conflict of interest". What about the situation after voting - ie - there
is a voter-expectation that leads to specific "Covered Persons" to come
into a position of power and that there could be a conflict when favouring
specific voting member(s).
3) The document does not suggest measures to reduce the effects of
undetected (or undetectable) conflict of interest by such means as
transparency of deliberations. Or if the organization does not wish to show
extreme transparency, is there a system for supporting whistleblowers?
best wishes
Shyamal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Shyamal
On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 11:52 AM, Yohann Thomas <yohannvt(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Community
Wikimedia India has made a final draft for the Conflict of Interest
policy(attached)
We would invite the community to review it & give their inputs
Regards,
Yohann Thomas
Wikimedia India
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