POLS 3440 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Modus Vivendi, Clifford Sifton, Pacific Scandal

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3440
• Professor: Geoff Stevens

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Often this is a financial interest, but it could also be another sort of interest, say, to provide a special advantage to a spouse or child. As a professional you take on certain official responsibilities, by which you acquire obligations to clients, employers, or others. Types of conflicts of interest: self-dealing: for example, you work for the government and use your official position to secure a contract for a private consulting company you own. Another instance is using your government position to get a summer job for your daughter (something that benefits someone directly; making a decision to benefit oneself): accepting benefits: bribery is one example; substantial [non-token] gifts are another. For example, you are the purchasing agent for your department and you accept a case of liquor from a major supplier. Or it might be a bit subtler, say, using software which is licensed to your employer for private consulting work of your own.