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The Price of Truth - How Money Affects the Norms of Science (Hardcover)
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The Price of Truth - How Money Affects the Norms of Science (Hardcover)
Series: Practical and Professional Ethics
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Modern science is big business. Governments, universities, and
corporations have invested billions of dollars in scientific and
technological research in the hope of obtaining power and profit.
For the most part, this investment has benefited science and
society, leading to new discoveries, inventions, disciplines,
specialties, jobs, and career opportunities. However, there is a
dark side to the influx of money into science. Unbridled pursuit of
financial gain in science can undermine scientific norms, such as
objectivity, honesty, openness, respect for research participants,
and social responsibility.
In The Price of Truth, David B. Resnik examines some of the
important and difficult questions resulting from the financial and
economic aspects of modern science. How does money affect
scientific research? Have scientists become entrepreneurs bent on
making money instead of investigators searching for the truth? How
does the commercialization of research affect the public's
perception of science? Can scientists prevent money from corrupting
the research enterprise? What types of rules, polices, and
guidelines should scientists adopt to prevent financial interests
from adversely affecting research and the public's opinion of
science?
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