Conflicts of Interest

If you are part of a company – even as a co-founder – you have an obligation to keep the company’s secrets.

It is bad etiquette to avoid collaborating with someone.  We should all be available to help each other.

If an open meeting is held under the Ethical Collaboration framework, it is OK to share my confidential information.

I meet someone in an open meeting under the Ethical Collaboration standards but I want to have them as an advisor.  I should have a separate agreement so that we can talk under NDA.

A contract service provider might avoid collaborating with me because they might be working for my competitor.

If someone avoids collaborating with me, but I really want their input, I should be persistent until they help me.