Abstract
Expanding Conflicts of Interest in Public Health Research
Highlights
Non-Profit and Non-Governmental Organizations (NPOs/NGOs) often receive research funds from private for-profit corporations through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
A financial conflict of interest occurs when funding leads to the risk of compromising the research project that is financed by the corporation
Academic institutions or journals that prohibit research by industry limit the ability of harm industries to engage in philanthropic public health research that may reflect pro-industry bias
Summary
Tobacco and alcohol industries are in stark contrast to the goals of public health. 10 Their involvement in and contribution towards public health research may be motivated by a desire to improve their reputation. Harm industries engaging in public health research create a fundamental ethical tension.[11]. A financial conflict of interest occurs when funding leads to the risk of compromising the research project that is financed by the corporation. While there are many considerations, there is no homogenous policy to help tackle conflicts of interest in public health research.[21] Academic journals mandate declaring financial conflicts of interest. Rather than approaching each conflict of interest and using declarations, journals should evaluate conflicts of interest in terms of risk. Such an evaluation would address embedded research practices that may appear ethical on the surface but represent unrecognized bias. Self-reporting of ethical research behavior by scientists is under representative of actual occurrences of misconduct because peers are held to different standards than self.[24]
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