Hi, Le 2025-02-07 17:08, Pierre-Elliott Bécue a écrit :
I'd not, eg, expect some Canonical employee to refrain voting a GR because they might be biased. We all are biased.
Another reason why it is a good practice to not take part in votes when in a potential or actual conflict of interests situation is that it also protects the individuals involved from possible retaliation from e.g. their employers should they vote against their interests. They can just say "by the policy, we had to abstain".
The "conflicts of interests" where disclosure and/or abstention are appropriate are usually those where personal benefit (e.g. financial gain, professional or social ranking etc) may unduly influence a decision. People working for Canonical are, I believe, not in such situation for most GR topics or development work.
I'm not sure we need a formal policy for this though, and if we do, maybe a few additional words in the code of conduct could be enough.
Cheers, -- Julien Plissonneau Duquène
