February 1, 2008
Universities' Conflict-of-Interest Policies Are Doomed to Fail, Scholar Says
Anyone who has read a scientific paper lately has seen the statements: notes from investigators revealing or denying any financial ties to whatever they are studying. Surprisingly, these revelations, which scientists also give to research-oversight committees, may do little to prevent slanted research — and may even make it more biased.
Kevin C. Elliott, an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina at Columbia, asserts in the January issue of the
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