n. a situation in which a person has a duty to more than one pers...

Conflict of interest occurs when an individual or a corporation (either private or governmental) is in a position to exploit his or their own professional or official capacity in some way for personal [..]

    Untenable position which threatens the ability of a legislator to vote impartially.

situation where one activity or relationship may unfairly influence another.

A situation in which an Animal Ethics Committee member has an interest that my either influence or appear to influence their objectivity in the exercise of their duties as a member of the Animal Ethic [..]

1) A real or apparent conflict between one's professional or official duties and one's private interests. 2) A situation where one duty conflicts with another -- for example, if an attorney [..]

A conflict of interest exists when an investigators, authors, institutions, reviewers, or editors have financial or non-financial relationships with other persons or organizations (such as study sponsors) or emotional investments in research projects, or the outcomes of projects, that may inappropriately influence their interpretation or actions.  [..]

Any relationship that is, or appears to be, not in the best interest of the organization. A conflict of interest would prejudice an individual's ability to perform his or her duties and responsibilities objectively.​

A situation in which an official's impartiality is open to question, because he or she stands to gain personally from decisions or actions taken in an official capacity.

Untenable position that threatens the ability of a legislator to vote impartially due to some personal interest in a legislative issue.

Any interest, financial or otherwise, any business or professional activity, or any obligation which is incompatible with the proper discharge of duties.

 The situation that results when an umpire takes money from the players, when a judge takes money from defendants and prosecutors, and when government officials take campaign contributions from people whose economic interests are affected by government policy-making. “We are the only people in the world required by law to take large amounts of mone [..]

a conflict between the private interests and the official or professional responsibilities of a person in a position of trust 2 : a conflict between competing duties (as in an attorney's ...

When a journalist allows something with which he or she has a personal stake to interfere with their duty to be fair and objective in covering a story. For example, having shares in a company could ma [..]

Conflict of Interest is a cross-cutting issue that affects many policy areas such as peer review, financial conflict of interest, and responsible conduct of research. There are different uses of this [..]

A potential interest, activity, or relationship with another entity that might influence, or corrupt, the decision making capacity of an author, reviewer, or editor. For biomedical journals in particu [..]

When a writer allows personal interests (friendship, family, business connections, etc.) to influence the outcome of the story.

the conflict that is created when a writer allows personal interests (friendship, family, business connections, etc.) to influence the outcome of the story

A situation where an individual is confronted with choosing between the requirements of his/her function and his/her own private interests.

A situation in which someone in a position of trust has competing professional and personal interests which could make it difficult for them to remain impartial. For example, an adviser or broker may [..]

According to 12 CFR 367.2 [Title 12 -- Banks and Banking; Chapter III -- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Subchapter B -- Regulations and Statements of General Policy; Part 367 -- Suspension and [..]

Conflict of Interest is a situation in which a public official's decisions are influenced by the official's personal interests. The person or official having a conflict of interest is under [..]

A situation in which an employee has the opportunity to influence a university or sponsor decision that could lead to a financial or other personal advantage or that involves other conflicting official obligation that could directly and significantly affect the design, conduct, or reporting of research. Harvard must disclose in writing any potentia [..]

A conflict arising from any interest, pecuniary or other, which poses difficulties for Members to reconcile their private interests with their public duties and functions and which may interfere with [..]

 The occurrence of action by a director which provides a benefit to both the corporation and the individual director.

A conflict of interest is a situation in which an individual has competing interests, responsibilities, and/or loyalties one of which could possible corrupt the motivation of the individual.

The existence of a personal or private interest that gives rise to a clash of principle in a work situation, thus restricting, or having the appearance of restricting, the objectivity of decision making. Source: ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums

An interest or obligation, either inside or outside New Zealand, that could interfere with, or hinder, a person’s performance of their duties, or be perceived to interfere or hinder a person’s performance of their duties.

any situation where a decision made by someone in an official role may be, or come to be, to the benefit of the decision-maker. Normal procedure would be for these to be declared in advance and/or for [..]

Any interest, financial or otherwise, any business or professional activity, or any obligation that is incompatible with the proper discharge of duties, or has the potential to gain a financial or competitive advantage or outcome through the involvement in activities related to those duties.

A situation in which someone in a position of trust has competing professional and personal interests which could make it difficult for them to remain impartial. For example, an adviser or broker may [..]

A situation in which an individual might benefit Personally from official or professional actions. It includes a Conflict between a Person's private interests and official responsibilities in a p [..]

Any association, relationship, business arrangement, or circumstance related to an applicant for accreditation by anyone involved in the accreditation process that might suggest to disinterested and o [..]

A situation in which an individual might benefit personally from official or professional actions. It includes a conflict between a person's private interests and official responsibilities in a p [..]

A person has a conflict of interest when the person is in a position of trust which requires her to exercise judgment on behalf of others (people, institutions, etc.) and also has interests or obligations of the sort that might interfere with the exercise of her judgment, and which the person is required to either avoid or openly acknowledge.

"Conflict of interest" means a person appointed to a local citizen review board who has a personal or pecuniary interest in a case being reviewed by that board.

Conflict of interest arises when an individual with a formal responsibility to serve the public participates in an activity that jeopardizes his or her professional judgment, objectivity and independe [..]

A situation where a person's own interests, or a duty towards someone else, may affect the way they carry out a duty towards others.

When a private investigator has a duty to more than one individual or group, but both parties' varying interests make it impossible to act impartially for either entity. For instance, a conflict [..]

Disclosure of any personal, financial, and/or professional interest that might create a conflict with the ability to fairly and objectively carry out one’s responsibilities as an ERP or COA member.

Occurs when involvement in the case could pose ethical problems due to a relationship to the matter or persons involved.

Contract 31, Clause I.66, Organizational Conflicts of Interest, ensures that the UC Regents (and its employees) are not biased because of financial, contractual, organizational, or other interests tha [..]

conflict between public organizations and private interests.

Any scheme in which an employee, manager or executive has an undisclosed economic or personal interest in a transaction that could adversely affect the company as a result.

Every person involved with NYSCA's grant-making process must make known any affiliations which may conflict, or appear to conflict, with the objective evaluation of a funding proposal. Any person [..]

1) "Set of conditions in which professional judgment concerning a primary interest tends to be unduly influenced by a secondary interest."D.F. Thompson, "Understanding finan [..]

An interest that might conflict, or be perceived to conflict, with a person's duties and responsibilities during guidance development. NICE staff, contractors and committee members declare any po [..]

Definition A situation where someone who must act in an official capacity stands to profit personally from the decision; in such a case, this person must step down from his or her role.

a scenario wherein people or teams are attracted to the quest of objectives or results that are incohesive with the objectives they're expected to be aiming for.

A divergence between the individual interests of a person and their professional responsibilities such that an independent observer might reasonably conclude that the professional actions of that person are unduly influenced by their own interests including any actual perceived or potential conflicts of interest.