ArticleScience and engineering ethics2007
Defining financial conflicts and managing research relationships: an analysis of university conflict of interest committee decisions.
Article in Science and engineering ethics, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Awareness and perception of pharmacy researchers about conflict of interest: A study from the MENA region.Journal of applied pharmaceutical science · 2022Article
- Researcher Perspectives on Conflicts of Interest: A Qualitative Analysis of Views from Academia.Science and engineering ethics · 2015Article
- Authorship Issues and Conflict in the U.S. Academic Chemical Community.Accountability in research · 2015Article
- The need for a transparent, ethical, and successful relationship between academic scientists and the pharmaceutical industry: a view of the Group for the Respect of Ethics and Excellence in Science (GREES).Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2010Article
- A conflict of interest disclosure policy for science and engineering ethics.Science and engineering ethics · 2008Review
- Has the hunt for conflicts of interest gone too far? No.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2008Article
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Abstract
Despite a decade of federal regulation and debate over the appropriateness of financial ties in research and their management, little is known about the actual decision-making processes of university conflict of interest (COI) committees. This paper analyzes in detail the discussions and decisions of three COI committees at three public universities in California. University committee members struggle to understand complex financial relationships and reconcile institutional, state, and federal policies and at the same time work to protect the integrity of the scientific process, the autonomy and intellectual freedom of their faculty colleagues and students, and the financial interests of the university.
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