Conflict of Interest

Supreme Court Justices Kagan, Thomas, and Scalia make the news because they will not recuse themselves from reviewing the Affordable Health Care Act. Kagan should recuse herself because of her former position, Thomas because of his wife's firm.

For a political party to be relevant, they must have a constituency. The notion of a constituency is one whereby a group is, in essence, represented by another person or group; as if to say, that the representative of the constituency will act in the wishes and expressed best interests of the consti

We all need investment advice from time to time. But sometimes that advice is not in OUR best interests. That is because our advisor may have their own interests to look after. Conflicts of interests can be detrimental to our investment goals.

Conflict of interest is an important consideration for nonprofit boards of directors.

With so many stories of conflict of interest in Dallas, voters should take note of what is motivating their elected officials.

Learn how to add a conflict of interest clause to your employment contract.

Do nonprofit organizations even need conflict-of-interest policies for their staff? The answer is yes. Read on to find out why...

Conflict of Interest can be confusing for individuals serving on nonprofit boards of directors. Here is a general overview of how to evaluate and keep operations legal and above suspicion:

Overview of market analysts with regard to their function and conflicting interests.

The events of 9/11 continue to affect us deeply ten years later. Lawmakers report on having millions invested in companies that were awarded DoD contracts for Iraq/Afghanistan conflicts.

Because an SBIC involves private capital, the decision-making process is aimed at maximizing investor returns. That is, the SBIC has stockholders (or limited partners) who've contributed capital in anticipation of making competitive returns on their inves

There are laws that make it difficult if not impossible for state workers to influence politicians, run for political offices or to even serve on their local district committees. The world may be better without them.

In certain business programs at American universities, it has become common practice to talk to students about "selling with integrity," but most such discussions ignore the conflict of interest that this concept imposes on salespeople.

Read on and tell me if it doesn't seem as if this is the epitome of hypocrisy.

A book review of Natalie Goldberg's Writing Down The Bones.

A group called Vets for Freedom have begun to run Internet ads attacking Barack Obama for his anti Iraq War position and in so doing has caused political irony. Senators Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman have had to resign as advisors to the group.

A Google keyword search for Associated Content lead to a series of controversial articles questioning the validity of involvement by Tim Armstrong, President, Advertising and Commerce, North America, & Vice President, Google Inc.

Call to bring attention to a sadly overlooked, cancerous disease within our government ranks.

This article talks about the report that Senator Kennedy released, shedding light on conflict of interest in the student loan industry.

Written for a media ethics class, this paper examines the failings of "traditional objectivity," and the need for the media to come up with a new definition of objectivity in order to better serve our nation's democratic principles.