Sentences with phrase «avoid appearances of any conflict of interests»

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.

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

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

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

Some states and Congress forbid elected officials from receiving advance fees for books from publishers, to avoid an appearance of a conflict of interest.

«To avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest, Jeff has frozen all contact on behalf of clients with state officials for the duration of the Cuomo administration.»

Fitzpatrick said her allegation was baseless but that he wanted to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest.

Writing on Reddit he explains that this was done to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest when promoting LTC as someone with so much social influence.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

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.

Schneiderman also said local district attorneys who would prefer to recuse themselves in such cases, so as to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest, can not currently do so.

It is important that fellows adhere to this principle and avoid any conflict of interest or even the appearance of a conflict of interest.

It is the responsibility of AAAS, sponsoring societies, affiliated organizations, and any entity contributing to the fellow's stipend or support to avoid creating conflicts of interest or the appearance of conflicts of interest with respect to the fellows, in accordance with the hosting agency's ethics rules.

It is the responsibility of AAAS, a fellow, a fellow's sponsoring society, its affiliated organizations, or any entity contributing to a fellow's compensation or support to avoid creating conflicts of interest or the appearance of conflicts of interest with respect to the fellows, in accordance with House and Senate Ethics Committee rules.

Fact # 4: Although Commissioner Esty, the head of Connecticut's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, had an ethics ruling saying that he did not have any «legal» conflict of interest; he announced that he felt, as commissioner, he had an obligation to meet a higher standard, that being to avoid the appearance of a conflict.

The difficult task of being a hybrid publisher is ensuring that the lines between traditional clients and those who need editing or formatting services do not blur, as to avoid any conflict of interest or appearance of impropriety.

Katherine K. Hanley, the secretary of the commonwealth, wrote University of Virginia President John T. Casteen III on Thursday, asking that Michaels «avoid any conflict of interest or appearance thereof by scrupulously avoiding the use of the title of state climatologist in con - nection with any outside activities or private consulting endeavors.»

In her letter, Hanley asked that Michaels «avoid any conflict of interest or appearance thereof by scrupulously avoiding the use of the title of state climatologist in connection with any outside activities or private consulting endeavors.»

Work for any decent sized company and HR will make you aware of the importance of avoiding even the appearance of conflict of interest, whether one exists or not.

He has declined to represent insurance companies to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest.

Judges must avoid any conflict of interest, or the appearance of any conflict of interest, in the performance of their judicial duties.

«All doubts will be resolved in a manner to avoid conflict of interest, the appearance of conflict, or self - dealing by any of the parties (e.g., a real estate agent shall never be permitted to claim a sales commission on the sale of his own property or that of an immediate family member....)»

Perhaps HUD's new definition of an «arms - length transaction» should be, «All doubts will be resolved in a manner to avoid conflict of interest, the appearance of conflict, or self - dealing by any of the parties so long as the party is not a large corporate real estate broker or a safeguard service affiliated with a real estate broker.»