Word: conflict-of-interest
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Hillary K. Anger '93-94, who drafted the conflict-of-interest election legislation last spring, said that whoever oversees the general election usually goes on to win the council-wide election for chair, held shortly after council meetings commence in October...
University officials seem unclear themselves about whether any of Harvard's reunion contracts violate school regulations. Michael J. Barone, director of internal auditing, says conflict-of-interest and bidding policies are set by each department in the University, and he was unsure what, if any such policies, applied to the reunions and the various departments involved with them...
...take a number of measures to best insure objectivity in our coverage. For example, we have a strict conflict-of-interest policy preventing reporters from writing signed editorials about issues and events they cover. Reporters also cannot write news articles about organizations in which they are involved, and editors are barred from editing stories where they may have such a conflict...
...except for whatever a candidate's comments about them reveal as to his general honesty or lack of it. Regrettably, this group of problems has received the most attention because it is -- well, sexier than questions about what might be called public character. These are matters such as conflict-of-interest situations and how a candidate might carry out the duties of office. The common denominator is that Clinton's answers to all these questions have generally been ineffective. In fact, worse than ineffective: They have sometimes got him into deeper trouble than he was in before. Some details...
...Spousal conflict-of-interest charges are usually aimed against wives for a simple reason: few women hold high public office that could place their husbands in jeopardy. When Barbara Morris Lent, wife of New York Congressman Norman Lent, became a lobbyist for NYNEX, she sought assurance from the House ethics committee that her job would not interfere with his voting on communications legislation. When Debbie Dingell, a lobbyist for General Motors, married Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell, she switched to an administrative position. "Fortunately," she says, "GM is large enough that I could change jobs...