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Conflict of interest (COI)

Governance & people

An undisclosed or unmanaged financial or personal interest a director or senior staff member has in a club matter — e.g. a director who is also a vendor, a family relationship with a contractor, a personal benefit from a board decision. The Registered Clubs Act requires a COI register; the board's COI procedure governs how a conflicted director must declare and recuse. Routine inspection check.

This term sits in the governance & people section of the working glossary — vocabulary covering board duties, senior-manager accountability, training-register discipline, and decision-of-authority records.

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