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.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of conflict of interest¹

First recorded in 1950–55

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Basick and other professors have also raised concerns that hiring a non-legally trained psychometrist to develop questions with AI, as well as determine whether the questions are valid and reliable, represents a conflict of interest.

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Chen noted how things have escalated in the past decade, with conflicts of interest quickly becoming the norm across different government agencies.

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They highlight potential conflicts of interest, given Musk's businesses hold contracts with the US government worth billions.

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The State Bar also dismissed the idea of a conflict of interest.

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He also accused several members of the prosecution of conflicts of interest.

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