conflicts of interest
Dual allegiance problems
A conflict of interest arises when someone's personal interests compete with their professional obligations or duties to others.
A judge whose spouse owns stock in a company before his court has a conflict of interest.
The plural form typically describes situations where multiple such competing loyalties exist: The ethics board reviewed potential conflicts of interest before approving the contract.
Often shortened to simply conflicts.
- self-dealingMisusing fiduciary position
- briberyCorrupt payment for influence
- pay to playFee required for participation
- revolving doorCircular spinning entrance
- undue influenceImproper pressure overriding autonomy
behind closed doors · corruption · nepotism · arm's length · insider trading · biases · favoritism · ethics · kickbacks · dual roles · partiality · corporate governance · disqualifications · public trust · duty · whistleblower · ethical breach · insider
- bylawsarticles, voting, clause, membership, provision
- wrongdoingmisconduct, crime, sabotage, crimes, misbehavior
- misconductmisconduct, bullying, stealing, vandalism, cheating
- bioethicsbioethics, medical ethics, genetic engineering, beneficence, non-maleficence
- business ethicscode of conduct, ethics code, codes of conduct, ethics training, ethics committee
- Corporate Powerlobbying, lobbyist, lobbyists, monopoly, oligarchy
conflicts of interestshared interests
Pursuits enjoyed by multiple people
mutual benefit · common purpose · common cause · win-win situation · symbiotic relationship
conflicts of interestindependence
Freedom from external control
firewalls · recusal · divestiture · blind trusts · separation of powers
conflicts of interestdisinterestedness
Absence of selfish motive
impartiality · objectivity · pure motives · neutrality · selflessness
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