Conflict of Interest

The directors of Audax UK will strive to avoid any conflict of interest between the interests of Audax UK on the one hand, and personal, professional, and business interests on the other. This includes avoiding actual conflicts of interest as well as the perception of conflicts of interest.

The purposes of this policy is to protect the integrity of Audax UK’s decision-making process, to enable our stakeholders to have confidence in our integrity, and to protect the integrity and reputation of volunteers, staff and committee members.

Examples of conflicts of interest include:

1. A director who is also on the committee of another organisation that is competing for the same funding.
2. A director who has shares in a business that may be awarded a contract to do work or provide services for the organisation.

Upon appointment each director will make a full, written disclosure of interests, such as relationships, and posts held, that could potentially result in a conflict of interest. This written disclosure will be kept on file and will be updated as appropriate.

In the course of meetings or activities, directors will disclose any interests in a transaction or decision where there may be a conflict between Audax UK’s best interests and the director’s best interests or a conflict between the best interests of two organisations that the committee members is involved with.

After disclosure, the disclosing director understands that they may be asked to leave the room for the discussion and may not be able to take part in the decision depending on the judgement of the other directors present at the time.

Any such disclosure and the subsequent actions taken will be noted in the minutes.

This policy is meant to supplement good judgment and directors should respect its spirit as well as its wording.