financial interest
Monetary skin in
A financial interest is a stake in something that could affect your money or assets.
Someone with a financial interest in a company's success stands to profit or lose based on its performance.
The term often signals potential bias or conflict: The senator has a financial interest in the firms she regulates.
Disclosing financial interests is standard in journalism, research, and public service.
- stakeSharpened post or share
- skin in the gamePersonal risk in outcome
- profitGain exceeding expenditure
- checkOrder to pay
- billAmount owed, written
fiduciary duty · cash · beneficial ownership · revenue · equity · shares · liability · compliance · blind trust · diversification · return · holdings · portfolio management · disclosure · ethics · securities · stock · hedging
- interestcuriosity, fascination, attention, concern, stake
- Vested Interestsstake, skin in the game, stakeholder, shareholder, equity stake
- ethics violationsbribery, bribes, kickbacks, kickback, nepotism
financial interestdisinterest
Absence of bias
detachment · neutral party · impartiality · uninvolvement · bystander
financial interestaltruism
Prioritizing others' wellbeing
philanthropy · selflessness · public interest · pro bono work · intrinsic motivation
financial interestdisinterestedness
Absence of selfish motive
impartiality · neutrality · objectivity · conflict-free · independence
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