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conflict of interest
noun
the circumstance of a public officeholder, business executive, or the like, whose personal interests might benefit from their official actions or influence.
The senator placed his stocks in trust to avoid possible conflict of interest.
the circumstance of a person who finds that one of their own activities, interests, etc., can be advanced only at the expense of another of them.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of conflict of interest1
Example Sentences
Ethics watchdogs said the latest venture represented another means for potential corruption and conflicts of interest.
On Monday, Kennedy announced in a Wall Street Journal editorial that he was "retiring" all 17 members of the Acip over conflicts of interest.
"The committee has been plagued with persistent conflicts of interest and has become little more than a rubber stamp for any vaccine," Kennedy wrote.
Koffa had been locked in a stand-off with his political opponents, with dozens of lawmakers voting for his impeachment in October over accusations of poor governance, corruption and conflicts of interest.
"Why should it? For doing my job?" she retorts, her heckles immediately raised at any suggestion of a conflict of interest.
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