But he did press the trustees to enact new conflict-of-interest policies because of the appearance of unsound business practices.

He also asked clients to ease their conflict-of-interest policies and to pay their fair share of expenses.

It deliberately exploited a weak spot in today's court of public opinion: how bloggers influence consumers, but generally don't have conflict-of-interest policies.

Those are governed by an existing conflict-of-interest policy.

I spend time helping staff members navigate our ethics and conflict-of-interest policies, and I'm the person who interprets those rules for them.

The University accepted the reviewers' findings and promised an overhaul of its conflict-of-interest policies.

Doctors should be required to have a conflict-of-interest policy that is at least as strong.

A26 Boston University agreed to change its conflict-of-interest policy.

That's why we have a conflict-of-interest policy because it is always possible for bias to fly under the radar screen.

Last month the Association of American Universities, representing most major research institutions, began polling its members to see which ones had conflict-of-interest policies.