As universities find themselves increasingly forced to court industry dollars, their need for private-sector partners may outpace their willingness to set firm rules on ethical boundaries or to investigate when things go wrong. There’s little consensus on what should be done, but some proposals for better safeguards may offer administrators ideas for preventing corporate influence on campus.
News
Public scandals and private worries have prompted efforts to rethink the management of university-industry ties.
The Review
Allowing companies to choose what scientific questions should be asked, and how findings should be analyzed, interpreted, and disseminated, has public-health costs.