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In
the research environment a conflict of interest exists when a researcher’s
personal interests, such as career, reputation, or finances, inherently
conflict with his/her professional obligations to the honest, objective,
and responsible design, conduct, or reporting of research activities. In
this situation, considerations of future funding based on timely and promising
results combined with levels of external funding as a factor in tenure decisions
could be seen as a conflict of interest in that the personal interest (career)
might have the capacity to bias the researcher’s professional obligation
to the honest, objective, and responsible design, conduct, or reporting
of research activities. |
