3) “Science that is supported by public funding should be subject to more stringent regulation and ethical scrutiny than privately-funded science.” Discuss.
In the world of science, just like regular law and jurisdiction, scientists are subjected to regulations too when conducting their scientific research. This is to ensure that they abide by moral duties and responsibilities. The mode of regulation in science can occurs at different levels such as institutional rules, professional bodies, national law and also international regulation (4). In the funding of science, the way by which scientific activities are overseen are different in publicly-funded research and privately-funded research. Public funded research is usually carried out …show more content…
Scientific research involves millions of dollars investment and are not to be taken lightly for mere research which does not bring significant impacts to the society. This is the role of research council, for example in UK is Research Councils UK(RCUK) to manage and coordinate the funding towards pursuing best possible result. This is to ensure the government budget allocation towards research and development in science industry does not go to waste. It is different from the corporations where they are to manage the end result at their own expense but at the same adhering to the ethical scrutiny of studies …show more content…
As they are given grant, they must be producing the best overall potential of the outcome and there are also time constraints. This will definitely influence the researchers in their work due to pressure from the grantors. Ultimately, there could be skewing involved in the result of the study. In a study published in journal Nature in year 2005, a survey had been conducted on 3427 US scientists who received public funding in their research (1). As expected, due to pressure, 15.5% admitted to altering and skewing the methodology and results of their studies (1). Therefore, a stricter scrutiny should be done from time to time and there should be penalty introduced in faking the
In the world of science, just like regular law and jurisdiction, scientists are subjected to regulations too when conducting their scientific research. This is to ensure that they abide by moral duties and responsibilities. The mode of regulation in science can occurs at different levels such as institutional rules, professional bodies, national law and also international regulation (4). In the funding of science, the way by which scientific activities are overseen are different in publicly-funded research and privately-funded research. Public funded research is usually carried out …show more content…
Scientific research involves millions of dollars investment and are not to be taken lightly for mere research which does not bring significant impacts to the society. This is the role of research council, for example in UK is Research Councils UK(RCUK) to manage and coordinate the funding towards pursuing best possible result. This is to ensure the government budget allocation towards research and development in science industry does not go to waste. It is different from the corporations where they are to manage the end result at their own expense but at the same adhering to the ethical scrutiny of studies …show more content…
As they are given grant, they must be producing the best overall potential of the outcome and there are also time constraints. This will definitely influence the researchers in their work due to pressure from the grantors. Ultimately, there could be skewing involved in the result of the study. In a study published in journal Nature in year 2005, a survey had been conducted on 3427 US scientists who received public funding in their research (1). As expected, due to pressure, 15.5% admitted to altering and skewing the methodology and results of their studies (1). Therefore, a stricter scrutiny should be done from time to time and there should be penalty introduced in faking the