Conflict of interest: An introduction for chemists

YCC 8

Michael Davis, Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, Illinois Institute of Technology, Lewis Department of Humanities, Siegel Hall, Room 205, Chicago, IL 60616
Chemists are less likely than lawyers, public officials, or business executives to face conflicts of interest in the practice of their discipline but conflicts of interest are not rare in chemistry. This talk will offer an analysis of conflict of interest (as a threat to technical judgment) and then apply that analysis to some representative cases in chemistry (both academic and commercial), as many as time allows.