General Significant Financial Interest Disclosure Assessment
Disclosures of Significant Financial Interests (SFI) and other personal interests that are
determined to be related to an employee’s institutional responsibilities will be reviewed to
identify if the financial or personal interest could reasonably appear to be a Financial Conflict of
Interest (FCOI) or other COI.
To avoid the perception of a conflict of interest the University shall ensure that an employee’s
financial and/or personal interests do not:
 Jeopardize an open academic environment;
 Impede student’s academic progress;
 Compromise the safety of human research subjects;
 Restrict publication or public dissemination of research/scholarly information;
 Allow unfair access to information or technology;
 Compromise research/scholarly objectivity for personal financial gain;
 Cause misuse of University or public resources;
 Exploit staff, students, other hires under the employee’s direction;
 Influence decisions/requests for purchases or provisions of goods or services.