I don't see this as a conflict of interest or foul play if their assertions are correct and truthful, although I get a sense of your potential hesitation with t

I don't see this as a conflict of interest or foul play if their assertions are correct and truthful, although I get a sense of your potential hesitation with the practice. To abstract it a bit for the sake of argument: the police profit from policing, and can continue to do so as long as it remains a societal net good -- if it tips into nepotism then of course it should be corrected. I view these sorts of firms as a mechanism of reversion to the mean.