Barking up the wrong tree? Industry funding of academic research. A case study with commentaries.
This case raises ethical issues involving conflicts of interest arising from industrial funding of academic research; ethical responsibilities of laboratories to funding agencies; ethical responsibilities in the management of a research lab; ethical considerations in appropriate research design; communication in a research group; communication between advisor and graduate student; responsibilities of researchers for the environment; misrepresentation or withholding of scientific results.
Schrag
Brian
B
Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, 618 East Third Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA. bschrag@indiana.edu
Ferrell
Gloria
G
Weil
Vivian
V
Fiedler
Tristan J
TJ
D002617:Chemical Industry / Q000191:economics*; D016265:Conflict of Interest; D004738:Engineering / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education / Q000941:ethics*; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects; D004989:Ethics; D004995:Ethics, Professional / Q000193:education*; D032984:Ethics, Research; D005178:Faculty; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000191:economics* / Q000941:ethics; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities / Q000191:economics