Financial Transactions
These becomes conflicts when a public servant has direct or indirect financial interests that directly conflict with the responsible performance of the job. Actual conflict of interest is present to the extent that an offical is in direct personal control over a decision that will produce significant personal gain. This differs from influence peddling in that the official in question effectively controls the outcome for example, a planning director who could influencd the location of a new airport near undeveloped land that he owned