Scenario 5: Conflict of Interest
You are a rising star business reporter for a Los Angeles-based news publication, assigned to write about the financial implosion of a national energy company based in New York. Your father happens to be a senior-level executive at this company. However, you don't share the same last name as your father. You have no insider information about the company; your father doesn't tend to discuss "business" at home with the family. Your editor wants you to do a series of articles about the company's financial scandal and its implications on energy prices for West Coast businesses and homeowners.