Hi excathedra,
Your idea is an excellent one but its implementation could be difficult.
Declaring “conflicts of interest” is now standard practice in large organization (as you are probably aware). I have been involved in tender evaluation committee meetings for Government contracts that have a probity auditor who asks that question and minute the responses at the commencement of each meeting.
The concept of conflicting or competing interests is however a difficult one the grasp for many people especially if they do not have experience with it. Most people can understand the obvious examples, but there are many situations that most people would not see as conflicting or competing. Businesses send staff to training on the subject to give them the required level of understanding.
Therefore, for your proposal to work, I think you will need to somehow educate the Committee through a training session of some kind. I’m sure there are courses for this however I sure there will be resistance and trivialization of the idea.
I think I like the idea of ‘competing’ rather than’ conflicting’ as it has softer implication.
Definitely give it a go and good luck with it. Keep us posted on your progress.
Regards,
Rob T