Legal Definition and Related Resources of Conflict Of Interest

A situation in which regard for one duty tends to lead to disregard of another. See U.S. v Miller, (C.A.Mass.) 463 F.2d 600. In relation to a public official , the term refers to a clash between public interest which that official is called upon to bear in mind in the performance of his duty and the private pecuniary interest of that individual.

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Conflict Of Interest in Historical Law

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Attorney Misconduct; Ethics, Legal.

Further Reading

Adam, Paul J. 1963 What Is a Conflict of Interest? Management Dilemma. Challenge 11:11-14.

Appleby, Paul H. 1952 Morality and Administration in Democratic Government. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State Univ. Press.

Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Special Committee on the Federal Conflict of Interest Laws 1960 Conflict of Interest and Federal Service. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univ. Press.

California, University of, Bureau of Public Administration 1961 Conflict of Interest in the Federal Government: A Bibliography. Compiled by Dorothy Campbell Tompkins. Berkeley: Univ. of California Press.

Chicago, University of, Law school 1961 Conference on Conflict of Interest, February 20, 1961. Chicago: The School.

Conflict of Interests: State Government Employees. 1961 Virginia Law Review 47:1034-1076.

Conflicts of Interest of State Legislators. 1963 Harvard Law Review 76:1209-1232.

Congress Amends Conflict-of-interest Laws. 1962 Congressional Quarterly Almanac 18:385-389.

Davis, Ross D. 1954 The Federal Conflict of Interest Laws. Columbia Law Review 54:893-915.

Graham, George A. 1952 Morality in American Politics. New York: Random House.

Harvard Student Legislative Research Bureau 1964 A Conflict-of-interest Act. Harvard Journal on Legislation 1:68-85.

Lasswell, Harold D. 1930 Bribery. Volume 2, pages 690-692 in Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences. New York: Macmillan.

McElwain, Edwin; and Vorenberg, James 1952 The Federal Conflict of Interest Statutes. Harvard Law Review 65:955-983.

More Further Reading

Manning, Bayless 1964 Federal Conflict of Interest Law. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univ. Press.

Noel-Baker, Francis 1961/1962 “The Grey Zone”: The Problem of Business Affiliations of Members of Parliament. Parliamentary Affairs 15:87-93.

Odegard, Peter H. 1931 Corruption, Political: United States. Volume 4, pages 452-455 in Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences. New York: Macmillan.

Perkins, Roswell B. 1963 The New Federal Conflict-of-interest Law. Harvard Law Review 76:1113-1169.

Reich, Charles A. 1964 The New Property. Yale Law Journal 73:733-787.

Senturia, Joseph J. 1931 Corruption, Political: General. Volume 4, pages 448-452 in Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences. New York: Macmillan.

Unchanging Rules in Changing Times: The Canons of Ethics and Intra-firm Conflicts of Interest. 1964 Yale Law Journal 73:1058-1079.

U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Labor and Public Welfare 1951 Establishment of a Commission on Ethics in Government: Hearings Before a Subcommitee to Study Senate Concurrent Resolution 21 of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. 82d Congress, 1st Session. Washington: Government Printing Office.

Wilson, H. Hubert 1951 Congress: Corruption and Compromise. New York: Rinehart.

With the Editors. 1963 Harvard Law Review 76, no. 6:vii.

Conflict of Interest in Voting Law

Definition of Conflict of Interest in the context of the United States election law: Personal, direct or indirect interest of a member or staff of an Election Management Body (EMB), whether financial or otherwise, that is related to any matter that comes up for decision before that EMB. In such a case, the member or staff of the EMB concerned should disclose the conflict of interest and be prevented from participating in any discussion or decision on that matter.

Conflict of Interest in Voting Law

Definition of Conflict of Interest in the context of the United States election law: Personal, direct or indirect interest of a member or staff of an Election Management Body (EMB), whether financial or otherwise, that is related to any matter that comes up for decision before that EMB. In such a case, the member or staff of the EMB concerned should disclose the conflict of interest and be prevented from participating in any discussion or decision on that matter.

Hierarchical Display of Conflict of interest

Employment And Working Conditions > Labour law and labour relations > Organisation of professions > Professional ethics
Politics > Executive power and public service > Administrative structures > Civil service > Civil servant
Politics > Politics and public safety > Politics > Public office
Business And Competition > Business organisation > Business policy > Corporate governance
Politics > Politics and public safety > Public safety > Whistleblowing

Meaning of Conflict of interest

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Translation of Conflict of interest

• Spanish: Conflicto de intereses
• French: Conflit d’intérêt
• German: Interessenkonflikt
• Italian: Conflitto di interessi
• Portuguese: Conflito de interesses
• Polish: Konflikt interesów

Thesaurus of Conflict of interest

Employment And Working Conditions > Labour law and labour relations > Organisation of professions > Professional ethics > Conflict of interest
Politics > Executive power and public service > Administrative structures > Civil service > Civil servant > Conflict of interest
Politics > Politics and public safety > Politics > Public office > Conflict of interest
Business And Competition > Business organisation > Business policy > Corporate governance > Conflict of interest
Politics > Politics and public safety > Public safety > Whistleblowing > Conflict of interest

See also

• Civil servant
• Public office
• Corporate governance