At a time of low trust in government, conflicts of interest can further erode Americans’ confidence in officials.
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Granting tech leaders direct control over government functions fundamentally alters the relationship between private power and public governance.
Even by Trump standards, it is extraordinary that an incoming president would create such a large conflict of interest just before assuming office.
Patient advocacy groups are often funded through pharmaceutical companies, but there are currently no regulations governing disclosure of this potential conflict of interest.
Are concerns about Supreme Court justices’ ethics an old problem, a new one, political gamesmanship, or something more serious? Yes to all of it.
We suspect these drug company payments are just the tip of the iceberg.
Substantial economic growth in the psychedelic drugs market has drawn interest from corporations and start-ups. While this may accelerate research, it also sparks concerns about conflicts of interest.
Financial links between corporations and health research invariably lead to conflicts of interest.
The cost overruns of the ArriveCan app are exceptional, but the scandal is not unique in history. There are solutions available to prevent the excessive use of public funds.
Former Reserve Bank and Treasury chiefs have gone on to run Westpac, the National Australia Bank, the ANZ, and Macquarie Bank. It makes regulating those banks hard.
There’s growing concern about the potential for conflicts of interest and undue influence on public health policy.
Is private sector auditing of large financial institutions fit for purpose?
Lower federal court judges follow a formal code of ethics, but this does not apply to Supreme Court justices, leaving potential conflicts of interest unchecked.
Conflicts of interest at the Supreme Court are nothing new. But no one has found a way to fix them.
The University of Florida is barring three scholars from testifying as expert witnesses in a highly political lawsuit. A veteran college administrator looks at what’s at stake.
Does the U.S. election show Americans aren’t concerned about ethics? This is a question that resonates equally in Canada.
With lives depending on a vaccine, trust in Canada’s COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force is crucial. Members of the task force need to make any industry links or potential conflicts of interest publicly clear.
Many published studies fail to fully and accurately report how the study was conducted and what was found.
Does taking government money mean journalists owe the government something? A media ethics scholar examines the ethical questions about news organizations getting government help during the pandemic.
Gwyneth Paltrow’s new Netflix series, The Goop Lab, raises serious questions about the spread of health misinformation as well as the conflict of interest the show represents.
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