Collusion between experts and vested interests
- Cover-up of relations between regulators and potential offenders
- Financial participation of regulators in regulated enterprises
- Non-disclosure of financial interests of independent advisers
Incidence
In the UK, up until 1992, the government did not disclose the private financial links between all its senior scientific advisers and the food, chemical and pharmaceutical companies that they regulate. It was therefore unclear how independent such advisers were in approving food additives, pesticides, medicines and techniques such as irradiation and genetic engineering of foodstuffs. For example 3 of 11 members of the advisory committee on pesticides had financial links with chemical companies.
SDG
Metadata
Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Subject
undefined » Business enterprises
undefined » Finance
undefined » Potential
undefined » Expertise
undefined » Regulation
undefined » Participation
undefined » Crime
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Language
English
Last update
Nov 22, 2022