Sentences with phrase «raise potential conflicts»

But such relationships raise potential conflicts of interest by creating an incentive for funeral homes to encourage grieving relatives to consider body donation, sometimes without fully understanding what might happen to the remains.

Tillerson's selection raised potential conflict - of - interest issues because Exxon has business interests around the globe, including Russia.

Senior administration officials with active corporate activities raises a potential conflict of interests, ethics experts have warned.

Not exact matches

Several Democratic senators pressed billionaire investor Carl Icahn on Monday to clarify his role as an adviser to President Donald Trump, saying his position in the administration raised «alarming» questions about potential conflicts of interest with his stakes in the biofuels and pharmaceutical industries.

Second, even with respect to those disparate voting rights plans that do raise conflict of interest concerns, it must be recognized that there is only a potential conflict of interest.

The first article in this series discussed points made by Julie M. Riewe, Co-Chief of the SEC's Asset Management Unit, on enforcement trends, principal transactions, conflicts raised by side - by - side management, valuation, allocation of expenses and the potential deterrent value of smaller enforcement actions.

They also raised questions about a potential conflict of interest in the role of the home secretary, who is the respondent to the appeal but also has the power of imposing the disadvantageous timescale on the person launching it.

«The Finance Minister's extensive interests in the securities market through the shareholding in several companies that operate within the sector, some of whom were contacted by the Bookrunners on this particular bond, always raises the potential for conflict of interests,» Haruna Iddrisu stated.

Union chief raises fears of potential conflict of interest over use of media staff to help brief friends of John Bercow

Updated: Republican gubernatorial candidate Marc Molinaro criticized Cuomo in a statement for saying he'll meet with potential candidates, saying it raises conflict of interest questions.

The Defense Department may rent space in Trump Tower, where the president lives part time, raising questions about a potential conflict of interest because taxpayer dollars could be going directly to his business interests.

Trump praised a business partner from Dubai during a New Year's Eve party at his lavish Mar - a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., on Saturday night, raising new questions about the scope of his potential business conflicts around the world just weeks before he is sworn in.

They maintain databases of lobbying contracts, campaign expenditures and donations that are publicly available, and as Horner noted, have been mined by good - government advocates and journalists to raise questions about lawmakers» motivations and potential conflicts of interest.

Mr. Sachs pledged to cease contacting state officials on behalf of clients for the duration of the Cuomo administration after an article in The New York Times in February raised questions about potential conflicts between his business interests and his work for the Cuomo administration.

Even as Iran's nuclear program raises the likelihood of yet another conflict in the Middle East, the bigger threat is a potential food crisis in the making, says Lester Brown, founder of the Earth Policy Institute.

When Malloy appointed Comer, Wendy Lecker and I raised alarms about the potential conflict of interest that comes with having a charter school executive on the state committee that regulates that charter school industry.

Concerns of potential conflicts of interests have been raised about individuals contracted to work as advisers in the government's academies and free schools programme in England.

Von Drehle devotes much space to the crucial conflict between Lincoln and General George McClellan, who consistently found reasons, or excuses, to keep his troops out of action when potential Union victories would help win the war and raise morale.

Several of us here at MGC raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest then.

This means no payment from the product manufacturers goes to the adviser or firm, reducing potential conflicts of interest and raising transparency.

Recently, questions have been raised about a potential conflict of interest held by Betsy DeVos, President - Elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Education.

As a member of the British Veterinary Association since 1962, and an Honor Roll member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, I sought to raise this issue of companion animal health and well - being and potential conflicts of interest in the following letter that I sent for publication in the professional journals of these two organizations.

But he did not address questions raised about his failure to provide full disclosure of potential conflicts of interest.

Questions about potential conflicts of interest, for example, have been raised about the IPCC Chair's service as an adviser to, and board member of, for - profit energy companies (Pielke, 2010b), and about the practice of scientists responsible for writing IPCC assessments reviewing their own work.

They raise questions about potential unreported Conflict of Interest even if unpaid.

Keystone critic decried conflict of interest as wife backed competitor «The wife of a leading House Democrat owned stock in a top competitor to the company behind the Keystone XL pipeline while he raised red flags about potential conflicts of interest in the government's review of the project, documents show.

All well and good, and I expect that when solicitors are dealing with a situation where one or other spouse is living in another country (France, the USA, the UAE...) they are well aware of the potential jurisdiction conflict and act accordingly by ensuring that they have raised proceedings in the English Courts and so claimed jurisdiction before alerting the other spouse to the imminent Court application.

Mericka believes that this approach raises ethical standards considerably by minimizing potential conflicts of interest:

2) apart from the fact that CJEU stated that even before EU exercising its power, the MS must still act - when they have the power to do so - in a matter which does not jeopardise or prejudice the EU, so that the mere «potential» competence does have an effect, limitating the MS action, the parallel is that a negative rule is still a rule, so that the existence of the rule makes the matter «regulated»: - as for the JHA, I must say that whilst I agree with you on the merits, I can see the issue raised by the CJEU, since it is quite the same raised by some national Constitutional Courts, i.e. that ECHR standards may be in conflict with national standards and formally speaking the ECHR is a treaty and therefore has a lower rank that national Constititions, and the decision of the ECHR on the interpretation of such standards within the context of the Convention does not bind the national Constitutional Court in interpreting the national Constitution standards: e.g..

Many of the criticisms raised against the existing system of investment arbitration focus on the «ad hoc» nature of the tribunals chosen to decide disputes, and the perceived potential for arbitrators to have conflicts of interest.

Over the past year since the report was issued, much of the debate over fully autonomous weapons has focused on the weapons» potential role in armed conflict, raising questions over whether the weapons would ever be able to comply with international humanitarian law, also called the laws of war, but calls have increased in recent weeks for the human rights concerns to be taken into account.

In recent years, the responsible fatherhood field has expanded beyond its roots in employment and parenting services for low - income fathers, recognizing the need to also help fathers enhance their relationship skills.4 Research indicates that children raised by both parents in low ‐ conflict homes achieve better scores, on average, for a host of indicators.5 Non-residential fathers face various communication and relationship challenges that can affect engagement with their children and willingness to pay child support.6 By providing services to help fathers communicate openly in healthy, cooperative parenting relationships, programs can improve potential outcomes for children, irrespective of their parents» living arrangements.

«Family ownership increases over successive generations, which can raise the potential for conflict,» Baird says.

That could potentially raise costs for consumers and open the door for affiliated arrangements that pose potential conflicts of interest.