Sentences with phrase «appearance of a conflict»

We can not continue the endless recycling of people between elected positions and lobbying groups where there is the clear appearance of conflict of interest.

They should be compensated for full - time, and take out all of the temptation or appearance of conflicts by making themselves full - time.

Lawmakers don't have to report their clients for several months, so they could theoretically end relationships with clients where there might be appearances of a conflict of interest.

Many board members have already recused themselves from voting on the deal to avoid appearances of any conflict of interests.

Participation in social networks by judges in the U.S. has reached a level that prompted the Florida judicial ethics committee to issue an edict in 2009 that judges and lawyers should not be Facebook «friends,» to avoid appearance of conflict in the event they end up in the same courtroom.

It's rife with actual conflicts of interest, inadvertent conflicts, and even more appearances of conflicts of interest.

Compare the distinction between «appearance of a conflict of interest» and «conflict of interest.»

To help ease the appearance of conflicts of interest, the company said it would not enter into any new international deals, promised to hire a compliance officer and ethics adviser to vet domestic deals, donate foreign profit from its hotels and refrain from doing anything that could be perceived as exploiting the office of the presidency.

Kushner turned down a financing deal with Qatar last year in order to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest for his son.

Clinton goes on to appears to question the importance of the divestment of assets that financial executives often undertake to avoid the appearance of conflicts of interest when they enter government service.

A tentative deal for $ 500 million fell through because Qatar sought to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest after Jared Kushner was named senior White House adviser, according to Tom Barrack, a Trump friend who had suggested Hamad look at investing with the Kushners.

At the time, Lee stated that he wanted to ensure that Litecoin remained decentralized and that there would be no appearance of a conflict of interest, since as the currency's founder he had retained a significant amount of Litecoin.

Under the ethics rules for federal employees and / or officials, the employees or official is required to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest.

And yet if you take the money there's an appearance of conflict.

Thou shalt resign from all boards and divest from all businesses that create the appearance of a conflict of interest.

Vance did not back down from the charges he made in his letter, but he says he now «understands the governor's decision» and agrees that the public needs to have confidence that there is no appearance of a conflict of interest.

But Cuomo overruled that, saying that Singas» juridiction would supercede that of the Manhattan district attorney's office because of an appearance of a conflict of interest with the attorney general's office, which is already investigating the relationship between the Manhattan prosecutor's office and the New York Police Department in the handling of allegations of sexual harassment and assault by movie producer Harvey Weinstein.

Vance did not back down from the charges he made in his letter, but he said he now «understands the governor's decision» and agrees that the public needs to have confidence that there is no appearance of a conflict of interest.

«In the 21st Century, it is impossible to avoid conflicts — or the appearance of conflicts — if legislators have outside employment,» said Attorney General Schneiderman.

But she says it's certainly an appearance of a conflict of interest when the campaign manager frequents a state office when he is not a government employee.

But she said it's at the very least an appearance of a conflict of interest when the campaign manager frequents a state office when he is not a government employee, and it's potentially a violation of the state's public officers» law.

After they were elected, Ms. Cunningham deregistered as a lobbyist to «avoid even the appearance of a conflict» of interest and resigned her job at a top lobbying firm.

The Empire Center for Public Policy is a nonprofit organization and seeks to avoid even the appearance of conflicts of interest.

The main issue at the moment is the appearance of conflicts, combined with the fact that she hasn't fully disclosed them at this time.

«There can be no suggestion of any possibility of the reality or appearance of any conflict or anything less than a full, complete and unbiased investigation,» Cuomo wrote in a letter to Singas and Barbara Underwood, the acting attorney general.

«Kasowitz's initial contribution was returned to avoid the appearance of conflict as DA Vance said [to WNYC], not because there was a conflict,» Joan Vollero, communications direct for the Manhattan District Attorney's office, told IBT over email.

Even the appearance of a conflict it could create is enough to ban it.

Cuomo, who directed Schneiderman to investigate Vance's office, said the two probes gave «an appearance of a conflict of interest.»

Cuomo said he didn't want an appearance of a conflict of interest in the Schneiderman investigation.

President - elect Donald Trump tweeted early this morning that he would take steps to separate himself from his vast, global business empire in the hopes of preventing the appearance of a conflict of interest as he becomes president.

A nonpartisan comptroller could also eliminate the appearance of conflicts of interest that arise because a politically appointed budget officer controls the purchasing department, Mr. Cohen said.

In a statement on Wednesday, the university said that Mr. Kaloyeros's decision was a response to an internal change in how the membership of the two boards is determined, and motivated by an effort to avoid the appearance of a conflict between his role as president and the school real estate efforts.

Donald Trump lamented in a Christmas Eve announcement that he'll have to close down his charitable foundation «to avoid even the appearance of any conflict with my role as president.»

«We thought it was best to avoid an appearance of a conflict or impropriety,» he said.

However, she said it is at the very least an appearance of a conflict of interest when the campaign manager frequents a state office when he is not a government employee, and it is potentially a violation of the state's public officers» law.

«There is an appearance of a conflict of interest — if not an inherent actual conflict of interest — every time a local district attorney is called on to handle a matter against a local police officer with whom the DA must work in the normal course of their duties,» Abinanti said in a press release.

Following her grueling cross-examination in the Silver trial, Assemblywoman Amy Paulin says she has sold off her stock in Merck & Co. to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest.

«Is it the appearance of a conflict of interest?

Castorina said his decision to resign was out of an abundance of caution to avoid an appearance of a conflict of interest.

Hoffay said allowing department heads to hold political party posts could create the appearance of conflict when, for example, a resident active in Republican Party politics seeks an assessment reduction from an assessor who also happens to be a Democratic district leader.

While Mr. Blake, a veteran of both Obama campaigns, maintained there would be a strict «firewall» between his work at Hilltop and the State Legislature, the appearance of a conflict of interest, coupled with a pair of federal corruption convictions predicated on outside income, proved too great to overcome.

Joe Percoco, though, wanted «to try and stay as removed as possible» from the efforts due to the appearance of a conflict.

«In the 21st century,» said Mr. Schneiderman, «it is impossible to avoid conflicts — or the appearance of conflicts — if legislators have outside employment.»

A Westchester judge will preside over Thursday's arraignments in Mineola, according to sources, to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest.

They said that it wasn't that they feared Tirado would abuse his office, but rather that the board wanted to avoid even the appearance of conflict of interest or partisanship.

A close personal adviser to Cuomo in his bid to become state attorney general in 2006 and his run for governor in 2010, she deregistered as a lobbyist in 2010 when Cuomo and her ex-husband, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, were elected, in order «to avoid even the appearance of a conflict» of interest.

A spokesperson for Sachs Consulting told the New York Times in 2011 that his health care consulting did not amount to lobbying, but that Sachs had voluntarily frozen all contact with his clients while he worked on the Medicaid Redesign effort, to avoid the appearance of a conflict.

«However, should the City Council adopt this groundbreaking reform in New York City, it will have the dual benefit of allowing Council Members to fully commit their time and energy to their constituents and eliminating even the appearance of conflicts of interest.»

«In order to avoid the appearance of a conflict, the commissioner has recused himself from these matters.»