Conflicts of Interest

Ok, so if you're, say, a divorce lawyer, you can't represent the husband if you already have a relationship with the wife. It's a conflict of interest. If you're a Psychologist you can't date a patient. Same deal. For the most part, you wouldn't be breaking any laws, but it's just unfair business practice and ethics.

So, if you're, oh I don't know... The vice president, and you need to allocate work contracts to, say, help rebuild a post-war Iraq, you shouldn't give those contracts to a company you formerly chaired. Or should you?

So why did Haliburton recieve hundreds of millions of dollars in a no-bid contract to "help" rebuild Iraq? Ask Dick.