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Independence rules, automatic recusals and structured conflict declarations - Product News

Recuse assessors automatically with independence rules, record what was done about each conflict, and let assessors describe a conflict or declare one while assessing.

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  • Independence rules. Under Settings > Organisation > Independence rules, add rules that recuse an assessor automatically when they share an email domain with the applicant (public email domains are ignored) or are named in a tagged field. See Independence rules.
  • COI Recused. A conflict a rule made shows COI Recused and the rule's name on Conflicts of interest, and beside Declared Conflict on the assessment lists and pages. Every conflict shows its recusal period, and Independence rule matches lists every match.
  • Management actions. Record management action records whether a declared or confirmed conflict was recused, sent for secondary review, escalated or needed no action, with a note.
  • Structured declarations. When a round asks, assessors choose the relationship, its direction and how serious it is when declaring a conflict, and can select Declare a conflict while assessing. The answers show in View Comment.