Mechanism(s) to Ensure Academic Integrity
One of the University's primary priorities is to ensure the integrity of the academic research endeavor. To this end, it may be useful to consider the following measures:
In some cases, the nature of the research activity may eliminate the potential for conflict of interest. If so, you should explain fully but succinctly.
In other cases, particularly for projects with strongly applied or proprietary interest or with high potential economic impact for a company or industrial sector, the objectivity of research may be questioned in one or more of the following areas:
In such cases, a Conflict Management Plan should suggest steps that you will take in these areas to ensure confidence in the objectivity of the results. These may include standard procedures in your discipline, which you should briefly summarize. You may also include additional steps, such as: