Science in the Private Interest Has the Lure

University science is now entangled with entrepreneurship, and researchers with a commercial interest are caught in an ethical quandary. Science in the Private Interest investigates the trends and effects of modern, commercialized academic science. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Sheldon Krimsky is professor in the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University.

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Tales of the Unholy Alliance	p. 9
University-Industry Collaborations	p. 27
Knowledge as Property	p. 57
The Changing Ethos of Academic Science	p. 73
The Redemption of Federal Advisory Committees	p. 91
Professors Incorporated	p. 107
Conflicts of Interest in Science	p. 125
A Question of Bias	p. 141
The Scientific Journals	p. 163
The Demise of Public-Interest Science	p. 177
Prospects for a New Moral Sensibility in Academia	p. 197
Conclusion: Reinvesting in Public-Interest Science	p. 215
Selected Books	p. 233
Index	p. 235
About the Author	p. 247
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