Are Lawyers, as a profession, in conflict of interest? They have control of the house, the senate, the executive branch and the Supreme Court. Lawyers write and enforce the law (with the aid of the police and the military). Were lawyers to write laws that protect and enhance their profession (including the police) while writing laws that encourage competition with other professions, then they would have a conflict of interest (by the definition given, if applied their group). Encouraging the outsourcing of engineering and manufacturing jobs and increasing competition for teachers, farmers and everybody else justifies the allegation that they have a conflict of interest.
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conflict of interest
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n. a situation in which a person has a duty to more than one person or organization, but cannot do justice to the actual or potentially adverse interests of both parties. This includes when an individual’s personal interests or concerns are inconsistent with the best for a customer, or when a public official’s personal interests are contrary to his/her loyalty to public business. An attorney, an accountant, a business adviser or realtor cannot represent two parties in a dispute and must avoid even the appearance of conflict. He/she may not join with a client in business without making full disclosure of his/her potential conflicts, he/she must avoid commingling funds with the client, and never, never take a position adverse to the customer.