I find it interesting that the CAS even has an allowance in their policies regarding disclosing conflicts of interest that involves justifying why the conflict will not affect the arbiter’s judgement of a case.
Part of my undergrad degree was an ethics course, and part of my professional licensure was passing an ethics examination. Funny enough, I don’t remember learning about different levels of conflict of interest.
It was pretty clear in what I learned: if there’s even a question of conflict of interest the only ethical decision is to recuse yourself.
Not relevant lol.
If you’re a judge and a case comes across your desk involving a woman that was friends with your daughter in elementary school and stayed at your house for sleepovers, you recuse yourself.
Doesn’t matter that it’s been 20 years since you’ve seen her. Your memory of this person is a sweet little girl that meant a lot to your child. Your judgement is biased.
This man is actively working for the Romanian government. It’s a clear conflict of interest.