Conflict of Interest in the Professions pdf

[...]... Conflict of Interest of Government Officials," though largely descriptive, includes an implicit warning Much of the government's regulation of conflict of interest, especially the most demanding part, is concerned with avoiding the mere appearance of conflict of interest Appearances are hard to manage In "Conflict of Interest as Risk Management," Kevin 4 INTRODUCTION McMunigal treats conflicts of interest. .. engineers, as do the solutions developed by the relatively new profession of physical theory The book's final chapter, a reflection on what preceded it, is an invitation to think further about the relationship between professions and conflict of interest In "Comparing Conflict of Interest Across the Professions, " Andrew Stark, co-editor of this volume, offers a general theory of the relation between the. .. would not think it proper; family and friends should not be abandoned in that way The other mistake on which a flat prohibition of conflict of interest may rest is the assumption that having a conflict of interest is always wrong Having a conflict of interest is not like being a thief or holding a grudge One can have a conflict of interest without being in the wrong To have a conflict of interest is... medicine, and prison health care Having paid little attention to conflict of interest until quite recently, the health care professions are still struggling to sort out the place of conflict of interest in what they do How much does the struggle reveal about the professions? In "Conflicts of Interest in Medical Practice," Stephen Latham (following much writing in medical ethics) tries to understand conflict. .. tendency in him to be careless with her The best he can do is manage the conflict of interest Managing is a partial realigning of interests, not enough to eliminate the conflict of interest but enough to make it seem likely that benefits will more than repay the costs What should be done about a conflict of interest depends on all the circumstances, including the relative importance of the decision in question;... enough for a conflict of interest Conflict of interest is (on the standard view) not a clash between roles or commitments but a clash between one's role or commitment and some interest Nonetheless, a clash of roles or commitments can (like conflicting interests) be the occasion for a conflict of interest as Cohen's chapter makes clear 16 INTRODUCTION Beginning a discussion of conflict of interest with... INTRODUCTION 17 about conflict of interest are one systematic response to the risks of this new dependence Many potential or actual conflicts of interests are, out of politeness or timidity, misdescribed as "apparent conflicts of interest" or "merely apparent conflicts of interest. " The term "apparent conflict of interest" need not be wasted in this way On the standard view, a conflict of interest is (merely)... then the answer is obvious.1 Insofar as a profession is successful at serving its chosen moral ideal, the profession provides an alternative to self -interest (the typical motive in an ordinary market) Whether the alternative is worth the trouble of organizing the profession is a distinct question, one requiring careful consideration of (among other things) the standards of conduct that define how the. .. conflict of interest, but it is a strategy making the concept of conflict of interest uninteresting We must worry about conflict of interest only when having two or more masters—or, to say it without paradox, having none—is normal Conflict of interest is an interesting concept only where loyalties are regularly and legitimately divided We often describe an inability to judge as someone less involved... no conflict of interest Conflicting interests do not necessarily constitute a conflict of interest On the standard view, a conflict of interest is no more a conflict between commitments or roles than between interests So, for example, I do not have a conflict of interest (on the standard view) just because (in a fit of absent-mindedness) I promised to meet someone for dinner after promising to attend . Stephen Macedo Conflict of Interest in the Professions Edited by Michael Davis and Andrew Stark Conflict of Interest in the Professions Edited . Conflict of Interest in the Accounting Profession 92 Leonard J. Brooks 6. Conflict of Interest in Engineering 112 Neil R. Luebke 7. Conflict of