¿El conflicto de intereses que es tan grave que todos preferimos ignorarlo?

Moshe Yanovskiy; Yehoshua Socol

doi:10.26867/se.2023.v12i2.153

Autores/as

Moshe Yanovskiy Jerusalem College of Technology, Jerusalem, Israel https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7014-0522
Yehoshua Socol Jerusalem College of Technology, Jerusalem, Israel https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4167-248X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26867/se.2023.v12i2.153

Palabras clave:

Conflicto, Interés, Burocracia, COVID-19, respuestas, emergencia, Gobierno, sesgo

Resumen

La declaración de conflicto de intereses es la forma predeterminada de mitigar el riesgo de daño de la promoción inconsciente o deliberada del interés propio que causa información errónea o toma de decisiones incorrectas, pero la atención a la divulgación de intereses causados por fuentes privadas de financiación de la investigación se convierte en un procedimiento rutinario ahora. Los conflicto de intereses muy fuertes causados por la financiación gubernamental de la investigación cubierta por los contribuyentes generalmente se subestiman gravemente. Los investigadores generalmente no tienen idea de que tomar fondos públicos y promover el asesoramiento de políticas para proporcionar más fondos debe declararse como un conflicto de intereses: se anticipa que la promoción de más fondos y poder bajo el control de organismos o entidades burocráticas traerá más fondos para los propios investigadores. La respuesta al COVID-19 de la mayoría de los gobiernos democráticos, basada en el uso de poderes de emergencia, cuenta con un amplio apoyo de la investigación financiada con fondos públicos, aunque la efectividad de tal respuesta no está respaldada por la historia de pandemias anteriores. El requisito explícito de revelar el financiamiento público como un posible Conflicto de Interés, al menos en caso de que los autores promuevan más poder y más fondos para el Gobierno, mitigará los riesgos de uno de los sesgos potencialmente peligrosos tanto en la investigación como en la toma de decisiones.

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