discrimination/B3_COI_guide.md

STEM BIO-AI B3 COI Declaration Discrimination Guide

3-tier scoring for Conflict of Interest disclosure (PATCH-22). Apply the highest applicable tier. Do not assign non-standard values.

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+0 (Absent)

No organizational affiliation, funding, or COI information anywhere in README, CHANGELOG, or LICENSE.

+3 (Institutional affiliation disclosed)

• "Developed at Stanford SNAP" -- org name present
• "Affiliated with MIT CSAIL" -- lab affiliation
• "Contributors from Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies"

NOTE: affiliation disclosure != COI declaration. Knowing who built it is not the same as knowing who funded it or profits from it.

+5 (Funding disclosed)

• "Funded by NIH R01 GM123456"
• "Supported by Wellcome Trust grant 208986/Z/17/Z"
• "This work was funded by DARPA under contract HR0011-20-C-0023"

+5 (Commercial COI declared)

• "Authors hold equity in BioStartup Inc."
• "Author X is a paid consultant for PharmaCo"
• "Developed in collaboration with [commercial entity] under sponsored research agreement"

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Boundary Cases

• "MIT License" = licensing clarity, NOT COI. Score B3 = +0.
• "Stanford SNAP affiliation + MIT License" = +3 (affiliation only)
• "K-Dense Inc. affiliation stated" = +3 (corporate affiliation, no funding detail)
• "K-Dense Inc. + funding model described" = +5

Maximum: +5 (non-cumulative -- highest applicable tier). Valid scores: 0, 3, or 5 only.