Engagement Terms
The principles are part of the value.
Clients engage Prof. Corbett for judgment they can stand behind — in boardrooms, before councils, and under audit. These principles exist so that every engagement strengthens, rather than spends, institutional credibility.
Conflict-of-interest review
All engagements are subject to conflict-of-interest review before acceptance. Where Prof. Corbett's operating ventures, council memberships, or existing mandates intersect with a proposed engagement, the conflict is disclosed and the engagement is restructured or declined.
Lawful public-sector engagement
Public-sector work is conducted in compliance with procurement, ethics, anti-corruption, privacy, disclosure, and applicable regulatory requirements. Engagements focus on lawful institutional strategy, transparent stakeholder engagement, procurement readiness, and credible market positioning.
No guaranteed outcomes
No engagement offers, implies, or guarantees access, approvals, funding, procurement awards, political outcomes, or government decisions. Public decisions belong to public institutions. Any request premised on influence, privileged access, or guaranteed outcomes is declined.
Scope of advice
Strategic advice is not legal, tax, engineering, accounting, investment, or procurement advice. Where such professional advice is required, it should be obtained from properly qualified professionals, and engagements can be structured to include them.
Confidentiality
Client and counterparty information is handled with discretion. Client and partner identities are published only where publicly documented or with written approval. Non-disclosure agreements are accommodated before substantive discussion where required.
Representation of experience
Project values cited on this site describe engagement context — the aggregate value of engagements participated in through negotiation, management, oversight, or monitoring — and do not represent personal revenue, company revenue, or sole responsibility. Testimonials appear only with written approval. Photographs involving other individuals are published only with appropriate rights.
Selectivity and qualification
Engagements are selective. Inquiries proceed through qualification — decision authority, realistic resourcing, and institutional seriousness — before scoping. Scope precedes quotation; commercial terms are provided by private proposal.