An introductory exploration into the ethics of scientific reasoning

Abstract

    Various research findings about conflict of interest (COI) converge on the worrisome influence of COI on research results. This paper aim to diagnose problems of current institutional safeguards against the influence of COI and then suggest how to improve them. I will summarize the findings about the influence of COI and the safeguards against it. At the same time, I will give the diagnosis that the lack of reliable COI risk assessment is a crucial deficit. Therefore, my proposal is a way to implement scientfic COI risk assessment, which is based on the previous works in philosophy of science and risk study.