Word: conflict-of-interest
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...India. "Lawyers are being seduced by the business end of outsourcing and are not being concerned enough with the ethical issues it's raising. I'm deeply troubled that outsourcing companies do not understand the scope of a lawyer's duty to confidentiality, nor are they familiar with conflict-of-interest rules," says Mary C. Daly, dean of St. John's University School of Law in New York City...
...Although there is no direct evidence that rating agencies purposefully overrate these bonds, the fact that the agencies’ customers are the very same banks who are trying to sell these dubious securities raises conflict-of-interest issues. These rating agencies are thus not independent, objective judges of quality. Regardless of whether accusations against them are valid, such lack of transparency and failure to rate these securities accurately leaves rating agencies on the hook...
Unlike most deals between researchers and for-profit companies, conflict-of-interest restrictions do not apply in this case, according to Preminger...
Although students and professors have generally lauded The Root, some have voiced questions about the potential conflict-of-interest in the magazine’s connection to Gates’ genetics testing Web site, AfricanDNA.com...
...institutions of higher education should have general conflict-of-interest policies, which typically include prohibiting arrangements that result in personal benefit,” the report stated. “Contracts with study abroad programs should be sufficiently clear regarding the details of expected services and payments, and any other additional arrangements between the provider and the university...