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- | ====== Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption | + | ====== Anti-Bribery and Ethical Misconduct |
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- | Nested Knowledge will not tolerate bribery and corruption. | + | |
===== I. Scope ===== | ===== I. Scope ===== | ||
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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 Interests | + | ===== II. Anti-Bribery Policy |
- | Nested Knowledge delivers software services to companies engaged in biomedical | + | === Risk of receiving bribes: === |
+ | Health Care Professionals (HCPs) may benefit financially from research | ||
- | The research | + | Government officials may have stakes in the results of research |
- | * payer reimbursement for drugs, devices, and digital therapeutics. | + | |
- | * regulatory approval of drugs and devices by the FDA | + | |
- | * regulatory approval | + | |
- | * bids awarded to contract research organizations | + | |
- | ===== II. Anti-Corruption Policy ===== | + | ===Risk of offering bribery: |
+ | Additionally, | ||
- | Research in the software is conducted by our customers. | + | === Code of Conduct === |
- | In such roles, Nested Knowledge has a duty to avoid influencing the research integrity, data, and outcomes, and to protect the confidentiality of the research projects underway. | + | All Nested Knowledge staff are prohibited from offering or accepting bribes. Receiving or offering bribes will result in termination, and may result in legal action. Bribes are not limited |
+ | We require executives | ||
+ | <WRAP center round info 70%> | ||
+ | Disclose your conflicts of interest in [[https:// | ||
+ | </ | ||
- | ==== > Manipulating Data ==== | + | ===== III. Ethical Misconduct Policy ===== |
- | If a customer explicitly grants a Nested Knowledge staff member access to their nests, there is a risk the staff may manipulate collected data for their personal or financial gain. This includes changing | + | Employees who suspect ethical misconduct may report it through an anonymous form. The reports will be received by three Nested Knowledge staff members. |
- | ==== > Violating Confidentiality and Gathering Intelligence ==== | + | <WRAP center round info 70%> |
+ | Report ethical misconduct in the anonymous[[https:// | ||
+ | </WRAP> | ||
- | A Nested Knowledge staff member may maliciously obtain access to user-log data or user research projects, i.e. " | ||
- | All Nested Knowledge staff sign Non-Disclosure Agreements; violation of NDAs will result in disciplinary action. | + | ===== Policy Enforcement and Review ===== |
- | ==== > Compromising Research Integrity ==== | + | This policy |
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- | Nested Knowledge prohibits staff from advising customers on collecting data in a misleading or biased manner, such as: | + | |
- | * manipulate the search strategy to exclude particular articles | + | |
- | * obtain access to the collected data and modify values. | + | |
- | * encourage a biased sample selection | + | |
- | * encourage a biased selection of endpoints | + | |
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- | ===== III. Anti-Bribery Policy ===== | + | |
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- | Health Care Professionals (HCPs) may benefit financially from research demonstrating favorable outcomes for drugs, devices, or other interventions, | + | |
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- | Government officials may have stakes in the results of research studies. For example, literature reviews may influence government agency funding, the commercial success of a drug entering market, and drafting of new legislation. | + | |
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- | Additionally, | + | |
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- | ===== IV. Reporting and investigating ethical misconduct ===== | + | |
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- | Employees who suspect ethical misconduct may report it anonymously through a form. The reports will be receipted by at least three Nested Knowledge staff members. | + | |
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- | ===== V. Policy Enforcement and Review ===== | + | |
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- | These policies | + | |
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===== . Revision History ===== | ===== . 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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