Sentences with phrase «direct conflict of interest»

Technically, Esty did not have a «legal» direct conflict of interest because he had ended his relationship with the companies that he had consulted for or the organizations in which he had played a significant role.

The Lavazza arrangment was blessedly free of such direct conflicts of interest, notes one former Guggenheim museum employee — although it did initially focus on sponsoring shows featuring Italian artists.

Joan Vollero, a spokesman for Mr. Vance, said the district attorney did not believe there is a direct conflict of interest that would make it impossible for his assistants to do their jobs.

Federal law forbids senior government officials from owning, trading, or purchasing properties that pose a direct conflict of interest with their official roles, explained Craig Holman, government affairs lobbyist for Public Citizen.

«So without that sort of ethics guidance from the Office of Government Ethics, and no ethics agreement signed, Fitzgerald just operated as if she were a regular citizen, trading and buying in stocks that pose a direct conflict of interest for her role as CDC director,» he said.

Prof. Martin Hibberd: I have no direct conflict of interest, although I do have funding related to Dengue virus sequencing, with funding from various charities and commercial companies such as J&J and recent funding from the MRC Newton fund to sequence Zika viruses in Cape Verde.

But, clearly, with Pearson and edTPA now being the new regulation for New York State, it seems to be a direct conflict of interest.

While Connecticut law has a very narrow definition of what is considered a direct conflict of interest, it fails to provide any meaningful definition of what creates the appearance of a conflict of interest.

And the Achievement First issue becomes far more complex and serious because in the very center of the education reform debate is now a Commissioner of Education who has been part of Achievement First since it was created and now faces what is certainly a direct conflict of interest or at least the appearance of a conflict of interest.

Ethics» staff informed Pryor that, under Connecticut's narrow conflict law, he had no direct conflict of interest since he had ended his relationship with Achievement First.

Not only is that the appearance of a conflict of interest, but any reasonable person would recognize it as a direct conflict of interest.

First, you should look askance at anyone you turn to for an opinion when they have a direct conflict of interest (i.e., they are all Hachette - published authors).

How can he / she do that when there is a direct conflict of interest?

This is a direct conflict of interest for the government given its recent attempts to loosen standards on debt forgiveness for students who attended predatory for - profit colleges.

More commonly, however, it's the customers who lose out on these transactions, despite required disclosure statements that warn investors: «Your dealer is your trading partner, which is a direct conflict of interest.»

In March 2010, Altus fired Gordon alleging that he was a very unpleasant person to work with, that he spoke of senior management in crude and obscene terms, that he had been involved in a lending transaction that was a direct conflict of interest and resulted in the decreased performance of Altus, and that he maintained a known fraudster as an employee.

It is recognised that there may be situations, for example, a direct conflict of interest arising, that requires the relationship to cease, even though advice is not being provided.

General property inspectors and mold inspectors should never make repairs to flaws they have noted in their reports as this is a direct conflict of interest.