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| - | ====== | + | ====== Anti-Corruption Policy ====== |
| Nested Knowledge will not tolerate bribery and corruption. | Nested Knowledge will not tolerate bribery and corruption. | ||
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| This policy applies to Nested Knowledge employees, sub-contractors, | This policy applies to Nested Knowledge employees, sub-contractors, | ||
| - | ==== Nested Knowledge | + | ==== Customer |
| - | Nested Knowledge delivers software services to companies engaged in biomedical research, | + | Nested Knowledge delivers software services to companies engaged in biomedical research, |
| The research conducted by our customers may influence the following: | The research conducted by our customers may influence the following: | ||
| - | * payer reimbursement for drugs, devices, and digital therapeutics. | + | * payer reimbursement for drugs, devices, and other interventions. |
| * regulatory approval of drugs and devices by the FDA | * regulatory approval of drugs and devices by the FDA | ||
| * regulatory approval of drugs and devices by governing bodies outside of the United States. | * regulatory approval of drugs and devices by governing bodies outside of the United States. | ||
| * bids awarded to contract research organizations | * bids awarded to contract research organizations | ||
| + | * publication success in medical journals | ||
| + | * grants awarded to research investigators | ||
| ===== II. Anti-Corruption Policy ===== | ===== II. Anti-Corruption Policy ===== | ||
| - | Research in the software is conducted by our customers. | + | **Risk of Corruption: |
| - | In such roles, Nested Knowledge has a duty to avoid influencing | + | In such roles, |
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| + | Nested Knowledge has a duty to to prevent staff from modifying data, to avoid harming | ||
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| ==== > Violating Confidentiality and Gathering Intelligence ==== | ==== > Violating Confidentiality and Gathering Intelligence ==== | ||
| - | A Nested Knowledge staff member may maliciously obtain access to user-log data or user research projects, i.e. " | + | A Nested Knowledge staff member may maliciously obtain access to user research projects " |
| - | All Nested Knowledge staff sign Non-Disclosure Agreements; violation | + | All Nested Knowledge staff sign Non-Disclosure Agreements |
| ==== > Compromising Research Integrity ==== | ==== > Compromising Research Integrity ==== | ||
| - | Nested Knowledge prohibits staff from advising customers on collecting data in a misleading or biased manner, such as: | + | Nested Knowledge prohibits staff from advising customers on collecting data in a misleading or biased manner, such as encouraging customers to: |
| * manipulate the search strategy to exclude particular articles | * manipulate the search strategy to exclude particular articles | ||
| - | * obtain access to the collected data and modify values. | + | * create overly-selective exclusion criteria |
| - | * encourage | + | * recommend |
| - | * encourage a biased | + | * skip the selection of certain |
| - | + | * compare certain therapies, leaving other comparators that would be appropriate. | |
| - | ===== Policy Enforcement and Review ===== | + | * convey numerical difference as statistical difference |
| - | + | * select subgroups inappropriately | |
| - | These policies will be updated on an annual basis. The next update will be done by Spring 2024. Employees will be required to review the policy annually. | + | |
| - | These policies will be distributed to all Nested Knowledge employees and contractors. Staff members found in policy violation may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination. | + | ===== III. Policy Enforcement |
| - | ===== . Revision History ===== | + | This policy will be updated on an annual basis. This policy will be distributed to all Nested Knowledge employees and contractors, |
| + | ===== Revision History ===== | ||
| ^Author^Date of Revision/ | ^Author^Date of Revision/ | ||
| - | |K. Cowie|03/20/2023|Initial draft completed| | + | |K. Cowie|03/21/2023|Drafted| |
| + | |K. Kallmes|03/ | ||
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