Sentences with phrase «group on conflict of interest»

IPCC Conflict of Interest Policy I haven't yet parsed the minutes of the 32nd session, but the minutes of the 33rd session (May 2011 in Abu Dhabi) indicate that they formed a Task Group on Conflict of Interest Policy, which reported prior to the 33rd session at which a conflict of interest policy was adopted.

As for lead authors reviewing / citing their own work... the IPCC's got it covered in their package of «reforms» in response to the InterAcademy Council review: The task group on Conflict of Interest took a leaf from the Muir Russell report and tapped into the «team - work» side - step.

Not exact matches

If we can not think past the conflicting goals of different groups to the world in which their diverse interests can be reconciled, too much energy will be spent on bickering among those who should be allies in a common struggle.

The inevitable tensions among the various constituencies — between blacks and Hispanics, for example — create conflicts that not only complicate political activism, but threaten to make the overall political effort look like a collection of interest groups seeking advantages, rather than victims insisting on justice.

With the help of our partners in WHO, UNICEF, IBFAN, the Baby Feeding Law Group, the European Parliament (MEPs) and EU Member States (including the UK) we have won some historic battles in the struggle to establish conflicts of interest rules, [1] and a legally enforceable framework based on the International Code.

Depending on your idea of what a success is, you could even say that no revolution ever achieved its goals in full - it's kind of hard when most revolutions were spearheaded by multiple groups with conflicting interests in the first place, and this applies to Arab Spring as easily as it does to the French Revolution.»

Sept. 17: After Garry had written Mei that Harris Beach also represented Singh and SRB on other matters, Mei wrote: «This letter shall serve to acknowledge your firm's representation of Singh Hospitality Group and to waive any actual or potential conflict of interest in connection with said representation.»

Instead, the same deputy town attorney, Mei, wrote Garry on town attorney letterhead: «This letter shall serve to acknowledge your firm's representation of Singh Hospitality Group and to waive any actual or potential conflict of interest in connection with said representation.»

The city's argument is in part based on a ruling from the city's Conflict of Interests Board that granted waivers to two de Blasio advisers to continue working with the mayor after leaving City Hall to go work for Hilltop, which ran the Campaign for One New York and associated groups, despite a one - year ban on doing so.

The group is also raising fears of a possible conflict of interest situation on the part of Rev. Ogbarmey on the basis that per the law, he is an automatic member of the mediation and conflict resolution body of SEC.

A reform group studied votes taken by local governments across the state on whether to allow hydrofracking, and found numerous potential conflicts of interest that they say could have tainted the outcome of the votes.

The amendment's aim is to break the stranglehold on abortion counselling of certain groups which Dorries and Field say have a financial conflict of interest in advising women seeking terminations, and open up counselling to independent counsellers.

Rules prohibit those with conflicts of interest from serving on the Commission including no person who has served in the last three years as a New York legislator, statewide elected official, member of congress, and spouses of the preceding groups, legislators» staff, lobbyists, state officers, state employees, or party chairs.

CIRM's credibility with the public would also be helped by including on ICOC and various working groups more scientists and patient advocates without ties to institutions funded by CIRM, and by taking other measures to address potential conflicts of interest, the panel said.

The BMJ also claims that industry funding of the European Scientific Working Group on Influenza (ESWI), a group of flu scientists that provided advice to the WHO, presented a «potential conflict of interest.&rGroup on Influenza (ESWI), a group of flu scientists that provided advice to the WHO, presented a «potential conflict of interest.&rgroup of flu scientists that provided advice to the WHO, presented a «potential conflict of interest.»

It has become a way of glossing over irresolvable conflict between groups with some interests in common, such as taxpayers (who want to save money), scientists (who want to spend it on exciting projects) and people with disabilities (who hope public funds will improve the quality of their life).

Academy trust leaders have told Schools Week of their concern that decisions are being taken on advice from groups unaware of best practices in post-16 or SEND education, and who may have a conflict of interest if their own schools were affected by the new provision.

One of his most important commissioners had stepped up and set a new standard for transparency and ethics and that eliminating even the appearance of a conflict of interest required him to recuse himself on any issue related to an environmental group whose board he has served on.

To prevent conflict of interest, should a grant application be submitted by a group in which a Trustee is involved, said Trustee shall refrain from voting or commenting on said grant request.

that USDA should continue to perform all inspections of dog breeders and not to rely on the AKC and other dog breeding affiliated groups, with serious conflicts of interest, to conduct inspections and to monitor conditions at federally licensed dog breeding facilities.

«There is a clear conflict of interest — Glenn Vaad was a high - ranking representative of a corporate lobbying group that is coordinating a national attack on clean energy,» explains Gabe Elsner, Executive Director for the Energy and Policy Institute, «In the past year, ALEC's utility and fossil fuel members lobbied lawmakers in at least 15 states to introduce legislation repealing Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards.

To address recommendations that required further examination, the Panel established task groups on processes and procedures, communications, Conflict of Interest (COI) policy, and governance and management.

Fifth Assessment Report Fourth Assessment Report Coordinating Lead Author Carbon dioxide Conflict of Interest Conference of the Parties Greenhouse gas Gigatonne of carbon InterAcademy Council Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Representative Concentration Pathway Summary for Policymakers Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation Synthesis Report TFI Bureau Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Technical Support Unit United Nations Environment Programme UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Working Group World Meteorological Organization

According to the Executive Summary, the Green / EFA group undertook the report in response to claims that members of the European Union were not engaging seriously with other countries who wanted to draft a conflict of interests policy for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

But other groups advocate for nuclear and they have interest on the ideological level and the financial level on these issues and you can't make generalizations and they are complicated and there are situations where there might be a clear conflict of interest.

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Watchdog groups raised concerns about conflicts of interest after Zinke spoke at an American Petroleum Institute board meeting at the Trump hotel on March 23, 2017.

So, all those scientists serving on Boards of green advocacy groups [Climate Scientists Joining Green Advocacy Groups] who publish in Science on any environmental or climate change topic should be declaring a conflict of intgroups [Climate Scientists Joining Green Advocacy Groups] who publish in Science on any environmental or climate change topic should be declaring a conflict of intGroups] who publish in Science on any environmental or climate change topic should be declaring a conflict of interest.

Besides being a longtime advocate for televising oral arguments, Roth keeps a steady drumbeat of pressure on the court for his group's objectives, which include live or same - day audio of arguments in major cases and greater transparency measures regarding the justices» potential conflicts of interest.

The article reports on several legal profession luminaries — including Beth Wilkinson, who prosecuted Oklahoma City bomber Tim McVeigh; former 4th Circuit judge Michael Luttig; and Eric Dinallo, who investigated conflicts of interest on Wall Street under Elliott Spitzer — who have opted for in - house positions with big - name corporations like Fannie Mae (Wilkinson), Boeing (Luttig) and the Willis Group (Dinallo).

He participated in the ground - breaking IBA working groups responsible for the Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Commercial Arbitration and the Conflicts of Interest Guidelines.

SISU Capital Fund Ltd v Tucke: [2005] EWHC 2170 (Ch) Acted for the applicant seeking the revocation or suspension of company voluntary arrangements in the TXU Energy Group on grounds of conflicts of interest

He noted that a specific area to be watchful of is when law firm partners want to serve on boards of directors which creates potential for conflict of interest and liability threats, referring to Allen v. Aspen Group Resources Corp. as an example.

John participated in the ground - breaking IBA working groups responsible for the Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Commercial Arbitration and the Conflicts of Interest Guidelines.

With the appeal decision in the notorious Groia case now on reserve, headlines on a different matter have moved to centre stage: a Law Society hearing panel has «exonerated» and «absolved» two Torys lawyers — Beth DeMerchant and Darren Sukonick — of conflict of interest allegations in relation to work done for the Hollinger Group of Companies.

The question arose when the Law Society of Upper Canada dealt with conflict of interest allegations against Torys LLP lawyers Darren Sukonick and Beth DeMerchant (now retired) in relation to their work on the sale of the Hollinger group of companies between 2000 and 2003 to companies including CanWest and Osprey Media.

The [Native Title Act] sets up a real conflict of duty for many of our clients; the duty of prosecuting a claim to ensure that substantive rights and interests are recognised while simultaneously discharging their moral duty to their claim group to exercise procedural rights to negotiate fair compensation for mining on their ancestral lands.