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Conflict of interest

Conflict of interest

a situation in which a private person might benefit from his official or professional actions. It includes a conflict between his private interests or finances and his official responsibilities in his position of trust. The term is not restricted to private finances nor to only government officials. The concept refers both to actual or proven conflict of interest and the appearance or perception of conflict.


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... but they can't be in place “everywhere” and, especially in urban conflict, there are often not a lot of them in places where needed. Operations ... for the presence of various toxic agents, or have other applications of interest to the Army. The technologies developed to create these organs may ...

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