Sentences with phrase «many apparent conflicts of interest»

A Thursday New York Times story revealed that investment firm Andreessen Horowitz, which has a stake in Instagram, just led a $ 5 million funding round for the parent company of competitor Picplz — which in turn caused a blogger at Business Insider to wonder whether the apparent conflict of interest indicates that Instagram has been sold.

The meeting with lobbyists from Ballard Partners, which came two months after Bernhardt met with another lobbyist for MGM Resorts, raises still more ethical concerns involving the former energy lobbyist at a time when Secretary Ryan Zinke and his team are facing mounting criticism over their spending, travel and apparent conflicts of interest.

But even if the premier doesn't see a problem with her salary top - ups and the apparent conflict of interest they're creating, there are a lot of people in this province who do.

He said the system, with its many apparent conflicts of interest, was comparable to the financing of Federal campaigns before the Watergate scandals in 1972.

The Manhattan district attorney has moved to recuse himself from the criminal investigation into an allegation that former Gov. Eliot Spitzer assaulted a 26 - year - old woman at the Plaza Hotel, saying the close ties between his office and Mr. Spitzer had created an apparent conflict of interest.

Or maybe it's a diversionary tactic given that Yeo has been taking heat from Tory media — here's the Daily Mail and the Guido Fawkes blog — on the apparent conflict of interest between his green duties as an MP and the money (# 140,000 a year?)

«Free from apparent conflict of interest is in the eye of the beholder and tougher to deal with,» he admits.

But Fitzgerald also purchased shares in pharma giants Merck and Bayer after taking over the CDC — an apparent conflict of interest that also confounded government ethics experts.

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If employees of charter schools or any outside management companies that run them serve on the schools» boards of directors, they must avoid any «real or apparent conflict of interest» if the school receives money from the Department of Education's charter school program, under new guidelines released late last month.

The NEU is also concerned about apparent conflicts of interest.

Even more chilling is Diane Ravitch's predictions for the future, regardless of whether Secretary Duncan cleans up this apparent conflict of interest.

Look at the apparent conflict of interest in our city government doing business with the corporation founded by the State Commissioner of Education.

The purpose behind these guidelines is to promote (i) honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships; (ii) full, fair, accurate, timely, and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that the Trust files with, or submits to, the SEC and in other public communications made by the Funds; (iii) compliance with applicable governmental laws, rule and regulations; (iv) the prompt internal reporting of violations of the Trust Code to an appropriate person or persons identified in the Trust Code; and (v) accountability for adherence to the Trust Code.

And I am convinced that she was completely unaware of Professor Groat's apparent conflict of interest.

«Eilperin has an obvious APPARENT conflict of interest on it even if she is scrupulously objective.

Pachauri's defense of the IPCC, and his apparent conflicts of interest, added fuel to the fire.

Moreover, the global organization has sometimes failed to enforce its own rules for staff disclosure, leading to cases of apparent conflict of interest and potential self - dealing.

When asked about this apparent conflict of interest at a social event several years ago, an oil company executive told me in paraphrase....

The Court of Appeal raised the issue of whether there was an apparent conflict of interest in this case.

would be real or apparent conflict of interest.

Because of this apparent conflict of interest, you should not expect any insurer (or its employees) to go out of its way to identify compensable losses for you, or to investigate potential rights of recovery that might be hard to prove.

She took issue with Goldman's apparent conflict of interest with respect to a company it was advising.

Having a third - party ODR provider handle the requests would also have the advantage of eliminating potential or apparent conflicts of interest should an AdWords subscriber be behind the problematic link.

So we have overlapping romantic relationships among public employees creating apparent conflicts of interest.

«Although the loan, gifts, and other transactions between the Linigers and Adam Contos did not involve use of any corporate funds, the Special Committee concluded that these transactions created an actual or apparent conflict of interest,» says Dick Covey, the company's lead independent director.

Not exact matches

In the early years of television, this establishment of authoritarian interest was occasionally apparent in overt conflicts between management, producers, and advertisers.

While only tangentially touched upon in the piece, this conflict of interest is nowhere more apparent than in the department's management of the National School Lunch Program.

This policy provides procedures for the identification and resolution of real, potential, or apparent financial conflicts of interest.

We support measures to curb Independent Expenditures, but call on the governor to feel the same urgency to end the apparent pay to play and conflict of interest that has put billions of dollars in public subsidies in question.

«The CCB and ICPC should carry out joint investigation in collaboration with the EFCC of the allegations of conflict of interest, abuse of office and apparent misuse of public funds by Governor Okorocha.

Concerns had been raised especially by the Minority about the transparency of the $ 2.25 billion domestic bond with some noting that the apparent secrecy over the deal fueled the allegations of conflict of interest against the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta.

Identify and manage apparent and actual conflicts of interest, ethical violations, and violations of expected professional behavior

It may not be immediately apparent that a situation is a conflict of interest.

July 29, 4:38 p.m. Updated (see asterisk) Lisa Wright, a foe of natural gas drilling using hydraulic fracturing, or facking, sent the following essay reflecting on recent posts about apparent undisclosed conflicts of interest in a University of Texas gas drilling study and an unrefereed study claiming a link between drilling and fetal health.

The conflict of interest is so apparent that one wonders why the University even bothered to produce this report... Penn State for all its wisdom surely knew of this conflict and the appropriate remedy - yet decided to do its own investigation instead of hiring an outside agency.

The conflict of interest is apparent.