{"id":"comp-conflict-clause-plain-language-rewrite","audience":"compliance","category":"legal-compliance","track":"legal","level":"beginner","technique":"tone","title":"Rewrite a dense conflict-of-interest clause for new hires","free":false,"task":"Rewrite the clause in the material for new hires in plain English, exactly four short sentences, each under 20 words, written to \"you\". Keep the 10-day deadline, the form name, and who gets the form. Leave out the sentence about discipline, which HR covers elsewhere. Plain text. Add one last line, exactly: Compliance to confirm wording before use.","materialLabel":"Clause (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Section 6.2, Disclosure of Conflicts (Northvale Components, fictional)\n\n\"Covered Persons shall disclose, within ten (10) calendar days of becoming aware thereof, any Actual or Potential Conflict of Interest, including any financial interest held by an Immediate Family Member in a Counterparty, by submitting Form COI-2 to the Compliance Office, with a copy to the Covered Person's direct supervisor. Failure to disclose may result in disciplinary action in accordance with Section 11.\"\n\nDefinitions: \"Counterparty\" means any customer, supplier or competitor. \"Immediate Family Member\" means a spouse, partner, parent, child or sibling.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":100},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Dropping the details","why":"The AI simplifies away the form name or deadline.","fix":"Say: \"Keep the 10-day deadline, Form COI-2 and who gets it.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Keeping the discipline line","why":"The AI translates the whole clause.","fix":"Say: \"Leave out the sentence about discipline.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Too many or too long sentences","why":"The AI writes a paragraph.","fix":"Say: \"Exactly four sentences, each under 20 words, using you.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it.","fix":"Cap each part instead, for example: \"each line under 15 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Markdown","why":"The AI bolds words or adds headings.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Four sentences","patterns":["four (short )?sentences","exactly 4"]},{"label":"Keep key facts","patterns":["form coi-2","10[- ]day|ten","10 (calendar )?days"]},{"label":"Reader","patterns":["new hire","you"]},{"label":"Leave out discipline","patterns":["discipline","leave out"]},{"label":"Exact last line","patterns":["compliance to confirm wording"]}],"hint":"Say how many sentences, which facts to keep, what to cut and the exact closing line.","mission":"Make a conflict clause readable for new hires.","musts":["Four short sentences","Keep deadline and form","Exact closing line"],"rubricLabels":["Has exactly four short sentences written to \"you\" before the last line, each under 20 words","Keeps the 10 calendar days, Form COI-2, the Compliance Office and the supervisor copy, and covers a family member's financial interest in a customer, supplier or competitor","Does not mention discipline or consequences, and the last line is exactly \"Compliance to confirm wording before use.\""]}