Case Study 1 Conflicts of Interest You are a student at a la

Case Study 1: Conflicts of Interest You are a student at a large in the final months of our ssertation research on the development of new therapeutic interventions or diabetes You are wonied your next and have applied for several postdoctoral positions in this field plus a few tenure-track assistant and professorships at universities where you would like to work. To your surprise pleasure, you are invited for an interview for a tenure-track appointment at your ate alma mater, a prestigious research institution in a city where you already have connections and would love to live. In the question-and-answer period following your seminar on your research, the department chair asks for detailed information about the novel targets developed in your graduate research, and used extensively in your experiments. Your group is working on a patent application and its members have agreed not to provide details until a paper being Your thesis advisor be giving the major presentation on the results at a major international conference in a couple months. answer that you and your colleagues are in the process of writing it up for publication and a patent application, and you would be glad to send them an early preprint when it is available. The question and answer period continues and condudes uneventfully and the seminar, in your private interview with the Chair, he pushes harder for this information, remarking that the Department seeks team players, willing to share information with department colleagues, and referring to your undergraduate roots and the need to prove you are one of them to be a viable candidate for the Questions to answer: 1)What are the interests of the various players in this case? 2) What are the conflicts of interest in this case? 3) What do you say to the Department chair? Should you consult with your colleagues before you give a final answer? Why or why not? 4) Suppose that you are not offered the job because you did not share the details of your research. Do you think the Department chair should face any consequences? Explain your reasoning and be specific as to any consequence

Solution

1. Interests of various players.

2. Conflicts of interest

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