When individuals with a stake in an issue affecting them begin to propose and develop solutions to a problem, they engage in

Conflict of interest

This refers to a situation whereby one is in a position to benefit from decisions made to develop solutions to a problem or an issue that also affects them. This is particularly the case if the individual is acting from an official capacity

Early 18th century british industries were generally small scale and relatively unsophisticated. most textile production, for example, was centred on small workshops or in the homes of spinners, weavers and dyers: a literal ‘cottage industry’ that involved thousands of individual manufacturers. such small-scale production was also a feature of most other industries, with different regions specialising in different products: metal production in the midlands, for example, and coal mining in the north-east.two illustrations of 18t