conflict of interest
Divided professional allegiance
A conflict of interest arises when someone's personal interests compete with their professional duties or responsibilities.
A judge whose spouse owns stock in a company before the court has a conflict of interest.
So does a journalist writing about a business they secretly own.
The concern is that self-interest will corrupt judgment: She recused herself due to a conflict of interest.
Withdrawal for bias concerns
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- transparencyState of being see-through
- fiduciaryAgent bound by loyalty
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
accountability · impartiality · propriety · disqualification · whistleblower · misconduct · malpractice · corruption
Preferential treatment of some
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- partisanshipLoyalty to one faction
- one-sidednessImbalanced viewpoint or treatment
unfairness · inclination · predisposition · leaning · discrimination · inequity · patronage · preferential
Withdrawal for bias concerns
- abstentionFormal refusal to vote
- divestmentDisposal of assets
- ombudsmanPublic complaints investigator
- auditFormal accounts examination
regulatory · moonlighting · procurement · contracting · tender · bidding · advisory · consulting
recusal
Withdrawal for bias concerns
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- transparencyState of being see-through
- fiduciaryAgent bound by loyalty
integrity · accountability · impartiality · propriety · disqualification · whistleblower · misconduct · malpractice · corruption · nepotism
favoritism
Preferential treatment of some
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- partisanshipLoyalty to one faction
one-sidedness · unfairness · inclination · predisposition · leaning · discrimination · inequity · patronage · preferential · skewed
recusal
Withdrawal for bias concerns
- abstentionFormal refusal to vote
- divestmentDisposal of assets
- ombudsmanPublic complaints investigator
audit · regulatory · moonlighting · procurement · contracting · tender · bidding · advisory · consulting
- legal biasjudicial bias
- bylawsarticles, voting, clause, membership, provision
- interestcuriosity, fascination, attention, concern, stake
- wrongdoingmisconduct, crime, sabotage, crimes, misbehavior
- misconductmisconduct, bullying, stealing, vandalism, cheating
- policiespolicy, act, code of conduct, workplace policies, public policy
conflict of interestshared interest
Mutually held enthusiasm
common cause · mutual benefit · win-win · common ground · shared goals
conflict of interestintegrity
Moral soundness and consistency
probity · clean hands · above reproach · propriety · rectitude
conflict of interestimpartiality
Freedom from prejudice
objectivity · disinterestedness · fiduciary duty · neutrality · independence
interest, conflict, interested, interesting, conflicting, conflicted, conflicts, unconflicted