to avoid a conflict (of interest)

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• conflict of interest — ˌconflict of ˈinterest noun conflicts of interest PLURALFORM [countable, uncountable] LAW a situation in which you cannot do your job fairly because you have the power to decide something in a way that would be to your advantage, although this… …   Financial and business terms

• conflict of interest — noun a situation in which a public official s decisions are influenced by the official s personal interests • Hypernyms: ↑situation * * * : a conflict between the private interests and the official responsibilities of a person in a position of… …   Useful english dictionary

• conflict of interest — 1. the circumstance of a public officeholder, business executive, or the like, whose personal interests might benefit from his or her official actions or influence: The senator placed his stocks in trust to avoid possible conflict of interest. 2 …   Universalium

• conflict of interest — con·flict of interest / kän ˌflikt / 1: 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 representation of… …   Law dictionary

• Conflict of interest — For other uses, see Conflict of Interest (disambiguation). A conflict of interest (COI) occurs when an individual or organization is involved in multiple interests, one of which could possibly corrupt the motivation for an act in the other. A… …   Wikipedia

• Conflict management — involves implementing strategies to limit the negative aspects of conflict and to increase the positive aspects of conflict at a level equal to or higher than where the conflict is taking place. Furthermore, the aim of conflict management is to… …   Wikipedia

• interest — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 desire to learn/hear more about sb/sth ADJECTIVE ▪ avid, close, considerable, consuming, deep, great, intense, keen, lively …   Collocations dictionary

• conflict — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 fight/argument ADJECTIVE ▪ great, major ▪ bitter, brutal, serious, violent ▪ escalating, increasing …   Collocations dictionary

• conflict — I UK [ˈkɒnflɪkt] / US [ˈkɑnˌflɪkt] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms conflict : singular conflict plural conflicts *** 1) a) angry disagreement between people or groups I try to avoid conflict wherever possible. conflict between: The issue… …   English dictionary

• conflict — con|flict1 [ kan,flıkt ] noun count or uncount *** 1. ) angry disagreement between people or groups: I try to avoid conflict wherever possible. conflict between: The issue provoked conflicts between the press and the police. be in conflict (with… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• CONFLICT OF LAWS — (also called Private International Law) is a branch of the law dealing with the adjudication of a matter which involves some foreign element, for instance, the fact that one of the parties is a foreign citizen, or that the matter at issue arose,… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism