Earth science wrestles with conflict-of-interest policies

Bias in the evaluation of conflict of interest policies.

Physicians are affected by the conflict of interest (COI) policies they help formulate. This study examines whether physicians evaluate these policies impartially. One hundred and seventy-nine physicians, 224 financial advisors, and 1,430 members of the general public evaluated the fairness and efficacy of a COI policy in either a medical or financial context. Physicians were more critical of t...

Scientific judgment and the limits of conflict-of-interest policies.

This article argues that the three major elements of typical university conflict-of-interest (COI) policies (i.e., disclosure, management, and elimination of conflicts via divestiture or recusal) are likely to be insufficient for screening out many worrisome influences of financial COIs. Current psychological research challenges the effectiveness of disclosure, management plans are unlikely to ...

A Review of Canadian Medical School Conflict of Interest Policies

Background: Growing evidence of behavioral bias has caused a surge of interest in the area of Conflict of Interest (COI) within the medical community. The present study sought to evaluate the landscape of Faculty of Medicine COI policies among Canadian medical schools using an evaluation system adapted from the AMSA PharmFree Scorecard. Methods: The authors contacted leaders at the CPD/CME offi...

Institutional Conflict of Interest Policies at U.S. Academic Research Institutions.

PURPOSE Institutional conflicts of interest (ICOIs) occur when the institution or leaders with authority to act on behalf of the institution have conflicts of interest (COIs) that may threaten the objectivity, integrity, or trustworthiness of research because they could impact institutional decision making. The purpose of this study was to gather and analyze information about the ICOI policies ...

Conflict of interest policies: preserving the public trust.