Conflict of interest. The presence of a conflict of interest is independent of the occurrence of impropriety.
Therefore, a conflict of interest can be discovered and voluntarily defused before any corruption occurs. A widely used definition is: "A conflict of interest is a set of circumstances that creates a risk that professional judgement or actions regarding a primary interest will be unduly influenced by a secondary interest. "[1] Primary interest refers to the principal goals of the profession or activity, such as the protection of clients, the health of patients, the integrity of research, and the duties of public office. Secondary interest includes not only financial gain but also such motives as the desire for professional advancement and the wish to do favours for family and friends, but conflict of interest rules usually focus on financial relationships because they are relatively more objective, fungible, and quantifiable.
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The Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit "business league" organization, chartered under Section 501 (c) 6 of the IRS Code. According to the IRS, business leagues are not organized for profit, and no earnings may directly benefit their members. However, business leagues can lobby government leaders for laws and policies in the interest of their members, and they can also engage in political campaigning for and against candidates and specific ballot initiatives. The goal of a business league is to promote political conditions in which their members can obtain lucrative government contracts, avoid local and state taxes, pass off operating expenses onto the public, and privatize public goods. Corporate Networks 1. Let’s zoom closer in. The Clorox Company. Political action committee. In the United States, a political action committee (PAC) is a type of organization that pools campaign contributions from members and donates those funds to campaign for or against candidates, ballot initiatives, or legislation.[1][2] At the federal level, an organization becomes a PAC when it receives or spends more than $1,000 for the purpose of influencing a federal election, according to the Federal Election Campaign Act.[3] At the state level, an organization becomes a PAC according to the state's election laws.
History[edit] In 1947, as part of the Taft–Hartley Act, the U.S. Congress prohibited labor unions or corporations from spending money to influence federal elections, and prohibited labor unions from contributing to candidate campaigns (an earlier law, the 1907 Tillman Act, had prohibited corporations from contributing to campaigns). In 1971, United States Congress passed the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA). In its 2010 case Citizens United v. Making a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow. @ColbertSuperPAC. Making a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow. Who’s Financing the ‘Super PACs’ - Graphic. ColbertSuperPAC: [video]Modern Stage Combat. Candidates And the Totally Unrelated Super-PAC s That Love Them. The only thing breaking coordination rules here is Stephen Colbert's outfit.Pete Marovich/ZUMApress.com "God bless you all!
And God bless Citizens United! " So roared a beaming Stephen Colbert, arms spread wide, on his show a week ago. He'd just handed over control of his super-PAC to his Comedy Central colleague Jon Stewart—just in time to unveil an exploratory committee to run for "president of the United States of South Carolina. " Colbert, of course, won't succeed in his comical presidential bid. In the wake of the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision nearly two years ago, super-PACs can raise and spend unlimited sums of money to support or attack candidates, but with one catch: They can't coordinate with the candidates they're backing. Real presidential super-PACs appear to be in on the joke.
Colbert Super PAC - Coordination Problem - The Colbert Report - 2012-12-01. Colbert Super PAC Ad - Attack In B Minor For Strings - The Colbert Report - 2012-15-01. #BumRushTheVote (@BumRushTheVote) sur Twitter. Occupy 2.0 - All Streets: The Bum Rush (Global Block Collective Feat. Malik Rhasaan) Hon. George Martinez (@hongeomartinez) sur Twitter. #OWS Activist George Martinez for NYC's 7th Congressional District. 'Occupy' Congressional Candidate Campaigns from Streets with Hip-Hop Video. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Meredith Hoffman WILLIAMSBURG — His congressional campaign may have little money, but self-proclaimed "Occupy candidate" George Martinez boasts passion, popular appeal, activist experience — and hip-hop skills.
"I challenge any other candidate to a battle," a smiling Martinez said in Williamsburg Wednesday, on a break from his campaign as a candidate for New York's newly drawn 7th U.S. Congressional District. "Yes, a rap battle. " Martinez — who is running against longtime Rep. The video, shot during Occupy Wall Street's May Day protests, features the 38-year-old Brooklyn native rapping in a suit on the subway and on the street with demonstrators.
"You can't kill an idea," said Martinez about the OWS movement, which led him earlier to record a "hip-hop anthem" with his wife in the fall that has drawn nearly 25,000 views on YouTube. The People Put George Martinez on the Ballot, Money Keeps Him Out of the Debate. Conflict of interest. RamBam: ma 8 apr 2013, lobby.
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