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  • HC-2.3 HC-2.3 Avoidance of Conflicts of Interest

    • HC-2.3.1

      Each director and officer must make every practicable effort to arrange his personal and business affairs to avoid a conflict of interest with the company.

      July 2011

    • HC-2.3.2

      The board must establish and disseminate to its members and management, policies and procedures for the identification, reporting, disclosure, prevention, or strict limitation of potential conflicts of interest. It is senior management's responsibility to implement these policies. In particular, the CBB requires that any decisions to enter into transactions, under which approved persons would have conflicts of interest that are material, should be formally and unanimously approved by the full board. Best practice would dictate that an approved person must:

      (a) Not enter into competition with the company;
      (b) Not demand or accept substantial gifts from the company for himself or connected persons;
      (c) Not misuse the company's assets;
      (d) Not use the company's privileged information or take advantage of business opportunities to which it is entitled, for himself or his associates; and
      (e) Absent themselves from any discussions or decision-making that involves a subject where they are incapable of providing objective advice, or which involves a subject or (proposed) transaction where a conflict of interest exists.
      July 2011