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The actions of former Google CEO, Eric Schmidt are in question with the latest example is fallout from a September, 2022 Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) report where it appears Schmidt has conflicting interests.  

“It’s important for anyone who’s in a position, either working for government or advising government officials and agencies, to disclose where they have private interests, or financial interests—present or future—related to the recommendations that they are making,” John Pelissero, senior scholar in government ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, told EE Times.  

“Typically, in government, we expect our public officials and those that they employ or contract with to always put the public interest first, and it’s therefore important that those that are in a position to influence public policy are demonstrating, through their behavior and actions, that the public interest is first and foremost in their minds,” he said.  

John Pelissero, senior scholar, government ethics, quoted by EE Times.