The Trump Organization on Friday announced that President-elect Donald Trump will not have any involvement in managing his real-estate and branding empire during his second term and appointed an outside ethics adviser to monitor major company actions – part of several measures the organization said it was taking to avoid conflicts of interest as Trump prepares to return to the White House later this month.

The Trump Organization announced Friday that the company will not enter into new agreements with foreign governments while Donald Trump is in office.

The company is set to release a series of ethics rules governing Donald Trump’s interactions with his business empire.

The Trump Organization unveiled a new ethics plan that it says will limit President-elect Donald Trump’s involvement in management decisions and other aspects of the business while he is in the White House.

The measures, which were immediately called insufficient by ethics lawyers, included appointing an outside lawyer and limiting Mr. Trump’s access to detailed financial information.

Donald Trump’s controversial family business was dogged by ethics questions during his first term. Those questions are multiplying now.

Trump's company says it won't strike direct deals with foreign governments after inauguration, but can make deals with private foreign companies.

Donald Trump will hand over daily management of his multi-billion-dollar real estate, hotel, golf, media and licensing portfolio to his children when he enters the White House, the Trump Organization said on Friday,

The Trump Organization submitted an ethics plan for Donald J. Trump’s second presidential term that doesn’t rule out striking new deals with foreign companies — a break with its approach to managing conflicts of interest when he first took office.