Patent-holders on expert committees. Can there be a conflict of interest?

The presence of experts holding patents and simultaneously providing policy advice on areas where they hold patents pose several normative questions. Through a comparative study of several IPCC reports, this article documents the scope of this phenomenon and discusses it with respect to a theory of...

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Main Author: Erik Thorstensen
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: Norwegian University of Science and Technology Library 2015-05-01
Series:Etikk i Praksis: Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics
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Online Access:https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/etikk_i_praksis/article/view/1833