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If you committed a crime and your mother was on the case, that would be a conflict of interest since your mother has vested interest in you. If you have an ex-
by chrischen 9y ago
If you committed a crime and your mother was on the case, that would be a conflict of interest since your mother has vested interest in you.
If you have an ex-Verizon person they shouldn’t have any loyalty to the company. If they do, then there would be a conflict of interest.
- PeterisP 9y agoI get the argument about the ex-Verizon employee - the much bigger conflict of interest is that such a person is a future-Verizon employee, as the fate of other such officials in e.g. finance sector illustrates; we get regulatory capture because the industry lobbyists promise and hand out lucrative deals to individual regulators after their term is done.
- Retric 9y agoEmployees do have an interest in their old companies. If nothing else working for successful companies is a good sign on a resume. But, high level employees often have close ties to other people in management and a much easier time being brought back.
- charred_toast 9y ago> If you have an ex-Verizon person they shouldn’t have any loyalty to the company. Yes, and people should be good at all times and not lie.
- ScottBurson 9y agoThey don't necessarily have loyalty, exactly, but they do have a detailed understanding of the company's point of view and interests, coupled with possibly a much shallower understanding of the viewpoints and interests of the public.
- colordrops 9y agoex-<company name> execs almost invariably have plenty of equity and personal connections with their former employer and the industry at large, so that would de facto disqualify pretty much all of them.