"A conflict of interest may be defined as a set of conditions in which professional judgement of a primary interest, such as making decisions on the merits of legislation tends to be unduly influenced by a secondary interest, such as a personal financial gain."
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Dennis F. Thomson in Understanding Financial Conflicts of Interests”, New England Journal of Medicine, vol 329 (August 19, 1993) pp.573-76, quoted in Ethics in Congress: From Individual to Institutional Corruption, Brookings Institution Press, 26 July 2000, p. 55.
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