self dealing
self-dealing, n. Participation in a transaction that benefits oneself instead of another who is owed a fiduciary duty. • For example, a corporate director might engage in self-dealing by participating in a competing business to the corporation’s detriment. Cf. FAIR DEALING(1), (2). [Cases: Corporations 184, 314(.5). C.J.S. Corporations § 325.] — self-deal, vb.