Abstract
As a result of the analysis of newspaper articles over the past decade including ethical issues in relation to conflict-of-interest at universities, the issues related to university-industry research collaborations such as donation or spare-time occupation appeared at high rates particularly in medical schools. And we made a nationwide survey of university faculty members and external knowledgeable persons of the management councils of national university corporations concerning such main issues of conflict-of-interest. The result of this survey indicates that acquisition of unlisted shares or personal profits by spare-time occupations, etc. from interested parties in clinical research should be avoided. Meanwhile, it also indicates that donation or provision of expenses for collaborative research or sponsored research should be admitted with some conditions. Such rules of conflict-of-interest means that they are more severe than the guidelines drawn up by the government or the like. Those results of this research could offer basic data for each university to establish its conflict-of-interest policy in the hereafter.
