Assess ideasStep 3 of 6
Declare a conflict of interest
Say whether anything stops you assessing an idea fairly.
Before you can assess an idea, you say whether you have a conflict of interest, such as a close working relationship with its author. You answer for each idea, and again in each round you assess it in.
On the challenge’s assessment page, click Assess idea next to the idea. It opens beside the list, with Assessment: Conflict of interest at the top. The questions stay hidden until you’ve answered it.
If nothing stops you assessing the idea fairly, click Declare no conflict and proceed to assessment under No conflict of interest. The questions appear, and the bar at the top says Conflict of interest: No.
On the challenge’s assessment page, click Assess idea next to the idea. It opens beside the list, with Assessment: Conflict of interest at the top. The questions stay hidden until you’ve answered it.
If you can’t assess the idea fairly, for example because you helped write it, click I do need to declare a conflict of interest. The questions stay hidden.
Explain the conflict in the box. Submit assessment with conflict of interest becomes available once you have.
Click Submit assessment with conflict of interest. SimplyDo reminds you that no scores will be submitted and that the challenge’s managers will be notified. Click Confirm.
On the assessment page, the idea now has a red ring under Progress, which says Declared conflict of interest when you point at it, and its score is N/A. The challenge’s managers see your note and decide whether someone else should assess the idea; it isn’t reassigned automatically.
Changed your mind before submitting? Click Conflict of interest: No (or Yes) in the bar at the top, or the pencil next to it (Edit conflict of interest declaration), and answer again. Once you’ve submitted, a challenge manager has to unsubmit the assessment before you can change it.