Conflict of Interest

Conflict of Interest

Conflict of Interest in 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.

Literature Review on (Ethics) Conflict of Interest

In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Russell L. Williams offers the following summary about the topic of (Ethics) Conflict of Interest: The phrase “conflict of interest” may appear so self-explanatory that it does not require further examination. However, thoughtful scrutiny reveals that many of the pitfalls and failures associated with public service at any level grow out of legal or ethical conflicts of interest. Some consider conflicts of interest to occur only when specific conflict of interest rules or laws are broken. Many of those laws are aimed at specific issues, such as financial disclosure, nepotism, improper use of public resources, or influence peddling. However, in the larger sense, if an individual (or group) functioning under governmental auspices, responsible for making decisions or taking actions affecting the public, places self-interest ahead of public interest in exercising authority, then a conflict of interest exists.

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Notes and References

  1. Entry about (Ethics) Conflict of Interest in the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy (2015, Routledge, Oxford, United Kingdom)

See Also

Further Reading

  • Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance (2018, Springer International Publishing, Germany)

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See Also

  • Election Law
  • Electoral Laws
  • Electoral Legislation

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

Conflict of interest

Concept of Conflict of interest

See the dictionary definition of Conflict of interest.

Characteristics of Conflict of interest

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Translation of Conflict of interest

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

  • Declaration of a conflict of interest
  • Declaration of conflict of interest
  • Potential conflict of interest
  • Potential conflict of interests
  • Conflict of interests
  • Declaration of a conflict of interests
  • Declaration of conflict of interests

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