Conflicts of InterestInterests that could be thought to affect judgement — disclose or avoid.Communications & MediaCommon conflicts and the standard response.ConflictResponseShares in a company you coverRecuse, or sell and declare itPaid speaking for a sector you coverDeclare in writing; usually declineA family member in the storyHand the story to someone elseGifts, trips or hospitalityDecline or return; log the offerA campaigning role on the issueDisclose to readers, or step backThe test is appearance, not intention. A conflict a reasonable readerwould want to know about must be disclosed or removed.Conflicts of Interestlearnposters.com
Conflicts of Interest — printable humanities wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Conflicts of Interest poster

A 5-row table: Conflict · Response.

Common conflicts and the standard response.

The test is appearance, not intention. A conflict a reasonable reader would want to know about must be disclosed or removed.

Questions about the Conflicts of Interest poster

What’s on the Conflicts of Interest poster?
A 5-row table: Conflict · Response. Common conflicts and the standard response. Shares in a company you cover — Recuse, or sell and declare it; Paid speaking for a sector you cover — Declare in writing; usually decline; A family member in the story — Hand the story to someone else; Gifts, trips or hospitality — Decline or return; log the offer; A campaigning role on the issue — Disclose to readers, or step back. The test is appearance, not intention. A conflict a reasonable reader would want to know about must be disclosed or removed.
Who is the Conflicts of Interest poster for?
Conflicts of Interest belongs to the Communications & Media section rather than to a school year, because humanities is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning media law & ethics can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Conflicts of Interest poster?
Before accepting anything, and before covering anything you are connected to. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Conflicts of Interest belongs on the wall where that humanities work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Conflicts of Interest?
AI in the Newsroom, Reporting Courts and Defences in Outline sit alongside Conflicts of Interest in the Communications & Media section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.AI in the NewsroomReporting CourtsDefences in Outline
Is the Conflicts of Interest poster free to download and print?
Yes. Conflicts of Interest downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Communications & Media section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Conflicts of Interest poster print at?
Conflicts of Interest is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Conflicts of Interest loses nothing.Printing guide

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