과학자문 부패 예방을 위한 방안

Abstract

Today, a state intervenes in various areas of society. Accordingly, the tasks that a state must be responsible for are increasing, and in line with this, the scope of policies and administration that a state must carry out also is expanding. Meanwhile, as the specialty and complexity of a society itself regulated by a state are increasing, the expertise and complexity of the policies or public administration that a state is responsible for must also improve in line with this. To this end, the involvement of academics, including science, in national policies and administration is also increasing. As the Korean case of Covid-19 shows, this can achieve significant results. However, this sometimes fails. This article defines the failures caused by scientific advisory as scientific advisory corruption. At the same time, this article deals with the topics of how to prevent such scientific advisory corruption, and what kind of relationship should be formed between policy, administration, and science to achieve this. This article emphasizes the following: The responsibility for the results produced by the public administration must be took by the administration itself, even in the case of scientific advisory. The public administration must avoid passing its responsibilities onto the scientific system. Conversely, the scientific system must resist the temptation to engage in administrative power through scientific advisory. There is a need to prevent the scientific system from falling into the problem of trying to exceed the functional role assigned to itself, that is, functional corruption. In this process, law will play an important role.