Sentences with phrase «clear conflict of interest»

It is the headline - grabbing sales of opaque, high - commission products with sales practices that present clear conflicts of interest that provided the headlines needed to push the DOL to look for ways to protect retirement savers.

But one of the authors of the paper is supported by Unilever and two are «supported by the National Dairy Council», so there are clear conflicts of interest involved.

The Town Board is now fraught with clear conflicts of interest.

While this may not be a total surprise — Sierra Club famously took $ 26 million from natural gas interests for many years and only repudiated it after a few of its members took the story to the media — Wilson also discovered clear conflicts of interests: many board members of NRDC and EDF stand to benefit directly from closing nuclear plants and replacing them with fossil fuels and, perhaps, some solar and wind.

However, rebels have strong support from «al - Qaida and radical Islamists» which presents a clear conflict of interests for the U.S.

«Li's breaches were not the result of incompetence or negligence only, as there was a clear conflict of interest situation,» SFC said in a statement.

Five lawmakers said in a letter to the White House the possible deal represented a «clear conflict of interest.»

In essence, Nunes alleges that the FBI used opposition research put together by a Democratic political operative to go after the Trump campaign without disclosing that clear conflict of interest to the court.

Paediatricians and prestigious institutions that work on child health such as the RCPCH must recognise how accepting funding from such companies is a clear conflict of interest that not only violates World Health Assembly Resolutions [3] and creates opportunities for undue influence, but is an essential part of the corporate plan.

This is a clear conflict of interest.

A clear conflict of interest.

Baby food companies should not be allowed to set up or operate human milk banks or even being part of decision making since they have clear conflicts of interests.

Accepting funding from such companies is a clear conflict of interest that not only violates World Health Assembly Resolutions [3] and creates opportunities for undue influence, but is an essential part of the corporate plan.

In other words, what we face today is a clear conflict of interest between, on the one hand «the establishment» composed of the interest of our heads of state and government, and on the other hand the «public interest» of Europeans.

«Such a funding mechanism would create a clear conflict of interest, which would result in inappropriate findings of bad deeds and inappropriate imposition of these penalties, Smith said.

«If there is a conflict between Databank and any of its clients or partners, clearly Mr. Daniel Ogbarmey Tetteh will be found in a clear conflict of Interest scenario if a petition is brought before him,» the group contended.

He said: «Of course, ministers are perfectly free to hold whatever private opinions they want, but to remain members of a hard - line right - wing body which has views directly contradictory to the government of which they are meant to be a member is a clear conflict of interest.»

But a number of Labour and SNP MPs have now called on the parliamentary authorities to «urgently investigate» the matter, with former Foreign office minister Chris Bryant calling it a «clear conflict of interest»; Caroline Lucas labelling the findings «deeply concerning» and the SNP's Deirdre Brock asking, «What kind of shameless opportunist would be supporting their colleagues in public while betraying them in private?»

I am sure she is a very able woman but this is a clear conflict of interests.

A clear conflict of interest should automatically overturn this so called study done by E and E.

Frederick Ippolito, former Town of Oyster Bay commissioner, was sentenced to 2 years and 3 months in prison in a tax evasion case, and the judge admonished local officials for not recognizing that Ippolito's dealings with a paving contractor were a clear conflict of interest.

But DeFrancisco says Agata, who became the JCOPE executive director in 2016, «has a clear conflict of interest and should resign to remove any appearance of impropriety.»

State Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco (R - Syracuse) says Joint Public Commission on Public Integrity executive director Seth Agata «has a clear conflict of interest and should resign.»

However, BPAS carries out some counselling, but also carries out the abortion, so there is a clear conflict of interest there.»

Some of them had a clear conflict of interest when deciding whether or not to release patients into the outside world.

It would to a near certainty be unethical in the divorce context, as it is a clear conflict of interest.

After all, his previous Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, had a personal financial stake in Achievement First Charter School Corporation while pushing cities around our state to authorize Achievement First schools, thereby presenting a clear conflict of interest.

Last month, the Education Funding Agency said the academy would face limits on its spending powers if a «clear conflict of interest» is not managed by March.

The Education Department has a clear conflict of interest here.

As a corporate officer in a charter school company, Comer has a significant and clear conflict of interest.

I completely agree, the fact that Amazon now has their own publishing line and is removing reviews is a clear conflict of interest.

This introduces a clear conflict of interest: what's best for the broker is not always what's best for the client.

This creates a clear conflict of interest as it is in the brokerages interest for clients to lose, combined with a lax regulatory environment has led to the industry gaining a bad reputation.

Instead, it flatters one man's taste, caters to wealth and ego, and represents a clear conflict of interest.

«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.

Those contributions and investments are clear conflicts of interest.

Dominion Resources» plan to use the captive ratepayers of its electricity subsidiary to guarantee a customer base for its Atlantic Coast Pipeline venture has caused critics — including me — to complain that the scheme presents a clear conflict of interest.

Myriam Douo, transparency campaigner for Friends of the Earth Europe said: «There is a clear conflict of interest.

ENTSOG is at the heart of deciding which projects become Projects of Common Interest in the first place, a clear conflict of interest according to the organisation.

Myriam Douo, lobby transparency campaigner for Friends of the Earth Europe continued: «With ENTSOG there is a clear conflict of interest: members include subsidiaries of big oil and gas companies like Engie, OMV, Mol Group, E-On and Gazprom and climate - change deniers Centrica.