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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| description | 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 conflict of interest. Seemingly, it is more likely to be patent-holders on issues of infrastructures, industry and transport rather than for single technologies as such. According to insights from studies on conflict of interest, there is an increased risk for bias. The article investigates the possible relations between patenting and conflicts of interest according to theoretical and empirical insights from the relation between science and society. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9d460c15f5104f1aa13ced4946d907d52022-12-21T21:04:50ZdanNorwegian University of Science and Technology LibraryEtikk i Praksis: Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics1890-39911890-40092015-05-019110.5324/eip.v9i1.18331651Patent-holders on expert committees. Can there be a conflict of interest?Erik ThorstensenThe 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 conflict of interest. Seemingly, it is more likely to be patent-holders on issues of infrastructures, industry and transport rather than for single technologies as such. According to insights from studies on conflict of interest, there is an increased risk for bias. The article investigates the possible relations between patenting and conflicts of interest according to theoretical and empirical insights from the relation between science and society.https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/etikk_i_praksis/article/view/1833Expert committeespatentsconflict of interestIPCC |
| spellingShingle | Erik Thorstensen Patent-holders on expert committees. Can there be a conflict of interest? Etikk i Praksis: Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics Expert committees patents conflict of interest IPCC |
| title | Patent-holders on expert committees. Can there be a conflict of interest? |
| title_full | Patent-holders on expert committees. Can there be a conflict of interest? |
| title_fullStr | Patent-holders on expert committees. Can there be a conflict of interest? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Patent-holders on expert committees. Can there be a conflict of interest? |
| title_short | Patent-holders on expert committees. Can there be a conflict of interest? |
| title_sort | patent holders on expert committees can there be a conflict of interest |
| topic | Expert committees patents conflict of interest IPCC |
| url | https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/etikk_i_praksis/article/view/1833 |
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