tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000891.post8607201108203203415..comments2024-02-21T19:56:57.057-08:00Comments on California Stem Cell Report: Debunking California Stem Cell Agency Claims of 'No Actual Conflicts'David Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077329461962729362noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000891.post-45383052928699680632013-02-06T14:38:16.864-08:002013-02-06T14:38:16.864-08:00Almost no one is ever clear on the conflicts of in...Almost no one is ever clear on the conflicts of interest question. Here is one piece that sums it up:<br />http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/archive/coi/korn.htm<br />Briefly, 1. Conflicts of interest are ubiquitous--we can never eliminate them. 2. It is the job of the institution to manage them, not eliminate them (that being impossible) and 3. Since conflicts of cannot be eliminated, only managed, the existence of a conflict of interest in itself is not misconduct.<br />The Council on Foundations illustrates exactly this muddied thinking. First it says that "members must represent unconflicted loyalty to the interests of the foundation," but then says that "this accountability supersedes any conflicting loyalty" --wait, you just said there can't be any conflicting loyalties! The proper formulation is to say that the loyalty to the foundation is superior, not to insist that the loyalty be unconflicted. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com