Sentences with phrase «conflict of»

Duggan, at the same news conference, took issue with Rhodes» concern that it is a possible conflict of interest for the mayor and a member of the city council to have a seat on a nine - member, state - created oversight board for a post-bankruptcy Detroit.

There are concerns about potential conflict of interest in vote recommendations, lack of transparency, undo influence and inaccurate assessments with inadequate review.

It will also help head off some whispers regarding a conflict of interest of an individual owning the league as well as its best team.

This reliance on cherry picked information is a significant conflict of interest by a government entity charged with providing equal treatment to all Americans.

VEB's role in the financing of the Trump - branded property in Toronto is a perfect example: Because money from VEB went toward enriching Trump (through Shnaider), one can reasonably argue that Trump didn't do enough to eliminate the conflict of interest that the hotel creates for him in office.

For example, a conflict of interest may arise when a Senior Officer or Director is also an executive officer, a major shareholder or has a material interest in an organization doing business with the Company.

«Some RIAs I work with focus on mid - and large - market 401 (k) plans; they won't accept rollovers, they view it as a conflict of interest and will flat out not handle rollovers.»

«The best way to deal with a conflict of interest is to get rid of it,» says Hamburger.

«I see the memo as the CFTC cautioning its employees on the ethical issues that could be raised by their trading in cryptocurrencies, encouraging them to consider and seek advice from the CFTC ethics team before trading in cryptocurrencies, noting that employees may not transact in cryptocurrencies if they have nonpublic information about them from their work at the CFTC, and advising that those who participate in CFTC dealings related to cryptocurrencies may not trade in them for conflict of interest reasons.»

Well being a TV provider and a network provider doesn't seem like conflict of interest or nothing when all of a sudden people have new choices and are free to not use your tv services anymore.

She currently serves on the Texas Health Institute Board, the CHI Mission and Ministry Fund, the UT Conflict of Interest Committee.

«We are seeing that our focus on the middle class, by putting more money in the pockets of hard working families, and giving less advantages to the wealthiest, is growing the economy,» Trudeau said, as he also attempted to distract the media horde from his finance minister's loose interpretation of what constitutes a conflict of interest.

88, a resolution under the Congressional Review Act that would nullify the DOL's final conflict of interest rule.

A White House official said the document, titled «Draft Conflict of Interest Rule For Retirement Savings,» shouldn't be seen as a new turn in the Labor Department's rulemaking.

«Otherwise they're depending on us to review our fees, which is a conflict of interest.»

As long as the ISPs and Broadcasters are they same company (ies), there will be a conflict of interest.

Mr. Gonzalez said the assignment presented no conflict of interest because he works with universities handling visas, not technology companies.

We are all counting the hours until the Department of Labor releases the final Conflict of Interest Rule.

That puts her in a conflict of interest, Whitmarsh argued.

That smacks of conflict of interest, Adams wrote.

These facts together put him in a position of substantive conflict of interest.»

But Wednesday's tweet is different since it's not just an implication of bias — it's a direct accusation of a conflict of interest.

Broker Member must have proper controls and segregation of duties to mitigate potential conflict of interest

This is a serious matter and creates another obvious conflict of interest.»

In June, the company also announced plans to acquire SolarCity, the solar energy company backed by Musk and his cousins Lyndon and Peter Rive, but the deal was questioned by investors over fears of cash burns and conflict of interest.

Hotshot City law firm Linklaters has asked its lawyers to declare any office romances to ensure «any actual or potential conflict of interest» is...

The viral content company has been taking criticism in media circles this week, due to a perceived conflict of interest between its news and advertising operations.

Ironically, I didn't write much about investing until after I left my job in 2012 because I didn't want to risk blowing myself up at work if there was some sort of conflict of interest.

This presents potential for a conflict of interest.

------------------- Chris MacDonald and Katherine Rittershaus «Conflict of Interest Policies at Canadian Banks» April 8, 2015 from 2 - 3:30 pm TRS 3 - 099

So unlike brokers, we have no conflict of interest pushing us to recommend high volumes of trades whether we believe in the potential of those trades or not We have no perpetual bias for a bull market as most of Wall Street has to be (to justify the heavily - weighted stance of «buy» vs. «sell,» a stance that always persists even in harshest bear markets) Instead of all of these kinds of anti-investor establishment motivators, we will sell our products on subscription, with a customer - friendly, overwhelming motivation to deliver an experience that will win very profitable renewals for many years to come.

In business settings, conflict of interest arises when someone has a private or personal interest sufficient to appear to influence the objective exercise of his or her official duties.

3) Obligations to avoid Conflict of Interest.

«We can define a conflict of interest as a situation in which a person has a private or personal interest sufficient to appear to influence the objective exercise of his or her official duties as, say, a public official, an employee, or a professional.»

In order to avoid Conflict of Interest, you should not take part in the hiring process.

See 81 FR 21176 (Apr. 8, 2016), PTE 84 - 24 Section VI (b)(defining Best Interest) and Section VI (h)(defining Material Conflict of Interest).

A Thursday New York Times story revealed that investment firm Andreessen Horowitz, which has a stake in Instagram, just led a $ 5 million funding round for the parent company of competitor Picplz — which in turn caused a blogger at Business Insider to wonder whether the apparent conflict of interest indicates that Instagram has been sold.

The definition of «Best Interest,» is redesignated as Section VI (h) and the definition of «Material Conflict of Interest» is redesignated as Section VI (i).

I think she's on to something; namely, that balance is far more palatable and sustainable when it isn't portrayed as a conflict of interest.

Péladeau has been urged in many quarters to sell his shares in the Quebecor media empire to erase any concerns about conflict of interest.

For advice on devising a conflict of interest policy for your organization, see: «Writing a Conflict of Interest Policy»

The University of Alberta's Conflict of Interest Policy may be found here.

Impartial Conduct Standards and the related definitions of «Best Interest» and «Material Conflict of Interest,» which will become applicable on June 9, 2017.

ASIC executive director policy and markets regulation Malcolm Rodgers said the commission examined related party documents because it was vital shareholders had full and accurate information before they approved transactions where directors might have a conflict of interest from a commercial perspective.

Her lawyer, Keith Bruno, waived a preliminary hearing and, citing a conflict of interest that he did not explain, gave the case to another lawyer.

AUTHOR David Michie recently launched his fictional debut, Conflict of Interest, at The Bookcafe.

For one thing, many people (including apparently some in positions of responsibility) just don't understand what conflict of interest is or why it is important.

Senior administration officials with active corporate activities raises a potential conflict of interests, ethics experts have warned.

Whatever your views of Ford, and whatever your views about the severity of his breach of the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act, you pretty much have to agree that Ford demonstrated a disappointing lack of leadership ethics, here.

According to a report of the court proceedings, Ford «testified he never read the Conflict of Interest Act or the councillor orientation handbook.