GENERAL INTERNAL RULES FOR
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Article 1. Equal Opportunities
The Foundation ensures to all researching experts working for it equal opportunities for professional development.
Article 2. Principles
Point 1. Free Choice. The experts from the research team and the expert network of the Foundation conduct their expert activities guided only by their individual preferences for professional development. The consent or disconsent of an expert, or his/her availability or unavailability for a certain task may not be presumed. A consent given may only be withdrawn, if this will not harm the team functioning.
Point 2. Professionalism. Foundation experts accomplish their activities following the highest standards established for their respective professions and do not allow their personal views or relations to harm their professional cooperation.
Point 3. Team Functioning. Foundation experts accomplish their activities knowingly that this contributes to the easy and effective work of their colleagues and discuss in team all issues that relate to its functioning.
Point 4. Solidarity. Foundation experts work under the conditions of mutual respect, confidence, well-meaning and professional support, as well as mutual respect for the ethical rules of their profession or position outside the Foundation-related capacity.
Article 3. Priority of Permanent Experts
Whenever a member of the research team or the expert network of the Foundation is professionally competent to fulfill a certain research, training or other task within the Foundation’s activities, he/she may only be replaced by an external expert in exceptional cases and after having preliminarily consented to that replacement.
Article 5. Avoiding of Conflict of Interests
In all their actions and decisions the members of the research team and the expert network of the Foundation avoid conflict of interests. All issues related to conflict of interest risks are discussed in team.
Article 6. Confidentiality
Foundation experts do not disclose outside of the team they work with any information that has become known to them in relation to their work for the Foundation, if that information is defined by law or the respective professional ethical rules as professional or other secret.
Article 7 Publicity
Point 1. In their professional and personal activities the Foundation experts protect and promote the social and professional reputation of the Foundation, the members of its research team and expert network and do not allow confusion whether they act in their capacity of Foundation experts or some other affiliation.
Point 2. Members of the research team of the Foundation inform the team for any activities they conduct outside the activities of the Foundation when these are similay or identical to their activities in the Foundation.