Public conflict register
Append-only public log of conflicts of interest that have arisen and how they were handled. Standing this page up before any entry exists is deliberate: an empty register is the honest day-one state.
What this register records
An entry is added when an event creates a conflict between IndexFair’s editorial process and the commercial, professional, or personal interests of anyone with influence over that process. Standing structural conflicts — the founder’s UFFILIATES co-founding — are documented in the editorial firewall, not by entries here. This register captures events: a specific approach we accepted or declined, a specific recusal, a specific disclosure.
How it is maintained
- Entries are append-only. Once an entry is published it is not removed; corrections are added as follow-on entries.
- Each entry carries a date, a one-sentence summary, and a short paragraph describing how the conflict was handled (declined, recused, disclosed, or escalated under the operational controls documented at /policies/firewall).
- The register is curated by the founder. There is no automated synchronisation; entries are added by hand within a reasonable window of the event.
Register
This register records every instance where a commercial relationship could have influenced a rating — an approach declined, a recusal, a disclosure, or an escalation. It contains no entries because no such event has occurred.
Operational disclosure and firewall register: /policies/firewall. Founder disclosure: /founders.