conflict of interest

collocation in English

meaningsofconflictandinterest

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conflict
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkɒn.flɪkt/us
/ˈkɑːn.flɪkt/
an active disagreement between people with opposing opinions ...
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interest
noun
uk
/ˈɪn.trəst/us
/ˈɪn.trɪst/
the feeling of wanting to give your attention to something or of wanting to be involved with and to discover more ...
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(Definition ofconflictandinterestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Just as there is a potentialconflictofinterestwith a broker, an agent has a different type of conflict.
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However that did not constitute aconflictofinterest.
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The main factor, self-interest, is the motivation by an accountant to act in his/her best interest or when facing aconflictofinterest.
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He asserted thatconflictofinterestturns bureaucracy into a cancer on a society in transition between capitalism and socialism.
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The witness should not be someone with aconflictofinterest(such as a research partner).
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The definition and rules for aconflictofinterestdiffered in the nineteenth century.
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When there are multiple relationships between several staff and students, the possibilities forconflictofinterestare enormous.
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One problem noted with the carbon market approach is the inherentconflictofinterestembedded between developed and sustenance based communities.
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While providing a new option for funding journalism, it also has raised questions about activism and new sorts ofconflictofinterest.
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Each service which is provided to an audited client contained an inherentconflictofinterest.
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