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    This document discusses conflicts of interest in research. It defines a conflict of interest as occurring when an individual's interests contradict each other or their obligations to another person or organization. Conflicts of interest are common in research due to competing goals and commitments. While conflicts are not inherently wrong, they must be managed in areas of financial gain, work commitments, and intellectual matters to protect research integrity and public trust. Conflicts can be managed through disclosure, oversight, or removing individuals from biased decisions, and must be eliminated if they cannot be properly managed and may harm research. Further efforts are needed to effectively identify, manage, and evaluate strategies for conflicts of interest in research.

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    This document discusses conflicts of interest in research. It defines a conflict of interest as occurring when an individual's interests contradict each other or their obligations to another person or organization. Conflicts of interest are common in research due to competing goals and commitments. While conflicts are not inherently wrong, they must be managed in areas of financial gain, work commitments, and intellectual matters to protect research integrity and public trust. Conflicts can be managed through disclosure, oversight, or removing individuals from biased decisions, and must be eliminated if they cannot be properly managed and may harm research. Further efforts are needed to effectively identify, manage, and evaluate strategies for conflicts of interest in research.

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    This document discusses conflicts of interest in research. It defines a conflict of interest as occurring when an individual's interests contradict each other or their obligations to another person or organization. Conflicts of interest are common in research due to competing goals and commitments. While conflicts are not inherently wrong, they must be managed in areas of financial gain, work commitments, and intellectual matters to protect research integrity and public trust. Conflicts can be managed through disclosure, oversight, or removing individuals from biased decisions, and must be eliminated if they cannot be properly managed and may harm research. Further efforts are needed to effectively identify, manage, and evaluate strategies for conflicts of interest in research.

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    This document discusses conflicts of interest in research. It defines a conflict of interest as occurring when an individual's interests contradict each other or their obligations to another person or organization. Conflicts of interest are common in research due to competing goals and commitments. While conflicts are not inherently wrong, they must be managed in areas of financial gain, work commitments, and intellectual matters to protect research integrity and public trust. Conflicts can be managed through disclosure, oversight, or removing individuals from biased decisions, and must be eliminated if they cannot be properly managed and may harm research. Further efforts are needed to effectively identify, manage, and evaluate strategies for conflicts of interest in research.

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    Conflicts of interest

    Interest:
    An interest may be defined as a commitment, goal, or value held by an
    individual or an institution.

    Examples include a research project to be completed, gaining status


    through promotion or recognition, and protecting the environment. Interests
    are pursued in the setting of social interactions.
    Conflict of Interest (COI):
    Researcher’s interests can and often do conflict with one another.
    A conflict of interest exists when two or more contradictory interests relate
    to an activity by an individual or an institution. The conflict lies in the
    situation, not in any behavior or lack of behavior of the individual. That
    means that a conflict of interest is not intrinsically a bad thing.
    Other definitions include:
    Conflicts of interest are "situations in which financial or other personal
    considerations may compromise, or have the appearance of compromising.
    Conflict of interest also known as competing interest.
    In other words, a conflict of interest arises when what is in a person’s best
    interest is not in the best interest of another person or organization to which
    that individual owes loyalty.
    A conflict of interest can also exist when a person must answer to two
    different individuals or groups whose needs are at odds with each other.
    For example: An employee may simultaneously help himself but hurt his
    employer by taking a bribe to purchase inferior goods for his company’s
    use.

    It is important to understand that conflicts of interest are not inherently


    wrong. The complex and demanding nature of research today inevitably
    gives rise to competing obligations and interests. Researchers are
    expected to serve on committees, to train young researchers, to teach, and
    to review grants and manuscripts at the same time they pursue their own
    research. Conflicts of interest cannot and need not be avoided.
    However, in three crucial areas:

    • financial gain,
    • work commitments, and
    • intellectual and personal matters,

    special steps are needed to assure that conflicts do not interfere with the
    responsible practice of research.

    How to manage conflict of interest:


    If a researcher has a significant conflict of interest, as defined by Federal,
    state, institutional, journal, or other policies, it must be reported and
    managed or eliminated. “Managing” a conflict means finding a way to
    assure that the interests do not adversely influence the research. Some
    options for managing conflicts of interest include:

    • requiring full disclosure of all interests so that others are aware of


    potential conflicts and can act accordingly;
    • monitoring the research or checking research results for accuracy
    and objectivity; or
    • removing the person with the conflict from crucial steps in the
    research process, such as the interpretation of data or participating in
    a particular review decision.

    These and other options are either worked out by a conflict of interest
    review committee or an administrator charged with overseeing conflicts of
    interest.
    If the conflicts cannot be managed and could have an adverse impact on
    the research, then they must be eliminated, by divesting equity, reducing
    the income received from the research, assigning supervisory
    responsibilities to someone else, stepping out of the room when a particular
    proposal is discussed, or some other action.

    Conclusions:
    Conflicts of interest are pervasive in medical research but must be
    managed effectively to maintain the integrity of research and public trust.
    Although most of the focus on conflicts and their management has been on
    financial conflicts, it is likely that non-financial and intrinsic conflicts have
    similar potential for creating bias and exerting undue influence on the
    judgment and actions of the investigator. Further efforts are needed to
    develop and test methods for effectively identifying conflicts of interest, and
    strategies for their management should be evaluated for their capacity to
    promote high quality research, protection for research subjects, and public
    trust in medical research.

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