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Ethics Competing Interest Role Label Tool

Attach role and explicit disclosure-record status without inferring whether a competing interest exists.

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Description

Require nonempty personCode and role and append whether a competing-interest disclosure is recorded.

An ethics record can document claims, responsibilities, disclosures, decisions, and supplied weights. A formatted label or arithmetic allocation does not resolve the ethical question or demonstrate that a process was fair.

Require nonempty personCode and role and append whether a competing-interest disclosure is recorded.

When to use this tool

Use Ethics Competing Interest Role Label when you need one explicit component of a documented ethical analysis.

How to use the tool and how it works

  1. Enter personCode, role, disclosed. Use the units and conventions below.
  2. Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
  3. Read label. Use the output convention below.

Require nonempty personCode and role and append whether a competing-interest disclosure is recorded.1

Input fieldMeaning and unitsAccepted input
personCodePerson CodeRequired. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
roleSupplied role; formatting does not establish authority.Required. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
disclosedDisclosedRequired. Boolean.
Output fieldInterpretationReturned shape
labelFormatted label for the supplied components under the convention above.Required. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
json
{
  "input": {
    "personCode": "R-2",
    "role": "reviewer",
    "disclosed": true
  },
  "output": {
    "label": "R-2 [reviewer]; competing-interest disclosure=recorded"
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

  • Not recorded is distinct from no competing interest; disclosure truth, adequacy, relevance, and professional compliance are not evaluated.
  • Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Review the complete context, affected perspectives, and decision process rather than treating the output as an ethical verdict.

References

  1. Calculation and input contract: bioethics/ethics-competing-interest-role-label — tool.io

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