SFA or ISME

[mcaul]

I thinks that's a slam dunk! / Own Goal.

Maybe the response should have read...

"I'm Eilis Quinlan, I am Chairman of ISME and I believe we are better for small businesses because...."

It doesn't flout advertising rules as you are answering a query from a poster & ISME is a non profit organisation.

 

[Eilis Q]

Perhpas, but then why really? As I said, my work with ISME is voluntary, and I was only stating my opinion, as were the other respondents

 

[patftrears]

Perhpas, but then why really? As I said, my work with ISME is voluntary, and I was only stating my opinion, as were the other respondents

So you are speaking as ISME chairperson. I would advise people to take every word from ISME with a grain of salt, you never know what personal vested interest they have in what they are telling you to do, trying to promote, advise you on.
Just stating my opinion.

 

[Complainer]

Hi Eilis - I'll be charitable and assume that you don't have a whole lot of experience on web bulletin boards. It would be standard practice to declare any conflict of interest, and indeed this is covered in the .

But it really is more to do with common sense and good ethics. I'm sure you've come across the concept of declaring conflicts of interest before.