Conflict of Interest in the Professions

by Davis, Michael; Stark, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9780195128635
• ISBN10: 019512863X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-11-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The notion of conflict of interest is more relevant today than ever. Ethical sensitivities about the relationship between professionals and those they serve is a source of constant debate. This book sets a new standard for work on this perennial topic, collecting a set of practical essays by top applied ethicists on a wide variety of professions and occupations. Some conflicts of interest arise because a profession takes on many roles while serving one goal; others take on one role but serve multiple goals. Some conflicts are internal to the profession; others (such as family or business connections) are external. The essays in this volume address such diverse conflicts in a comprehensive way, in an attempt to make useful comparisons across professions. Containing fifteen original chapters by noted scholars of applied ethics, this volume systematically explores professions including law, medicine, journalism, engineering, financial services, anthropology, film, physical therapy, and literary criticism. An introductory chapter surveys and contextualizes work on the topic, while the concluding chapter offers us a new way to compare conflicts of interest across professions and occupations. Conflict of Interest in the Professions will be of great practical interest to scholars of applied ethics and law, as well as to professionals in the fields discussed

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii
Introduction	3	(20)
Michael Davis
I LAW AND GOVERNMENT
Law's Blindfold	23	(26)
David Luban
Regulating the Conflict of Interest of Government Officials	49	(12)
Kathleen Clark
Conflict of Interest as Risk Analysis	61	(12)
Kevin McMunigal
II PROFESSIONS WITHIN BUSINESSES
Conflict of Interest in Journalism	73	(19)
Sandra L. Borden
Michael S. Pritchard
Conflict of Interest in the Accounting Profession	92	(20)
Leonard J. Brooks
Conflict of Interest in Engineering	112	(17)
Neil R. Luebke
Conflict of Interest on Corporate Boards	129	(30)
Eric W. Orts
III ACADEMICS
Counselors Who Teach and Teachers Who Counsel: Some Conflicts of Interest in Psychological and Philosophical Counseling	159	(23)
Elliot D. Cohen
Resisting Reasonableness (including a response by Eric Hayot and Jeff King)	182	(13)
Jane Gallop
Conflict of Interest in Anthropology	195	(22)
Merrilee Salmon
IV MARKETS
Financial Services	217	(20)
John R. Boatright
The Economics of the Critic	237	(12)
Tyler Cowen
Conflict of Interest in the Hollywood Film Industry: Coming to America-Tales from the Casting Couch, Gross and Net, in a Risky Business	249	(30)
Thomas E. Borcherding
Darren Filson
V HEALTH CARE
Conflict of Interest in Medical Practice	279	(23)
Stephen R. Latham
Ethical Conflict in Correctional Health Services	302	(12)
Kenneth Kipnis
Conflict of Interest and Physical Therapy	314	(21)
Mike W. Martin
Donald L. Gabard
VI EPILOGUE
Comparing Conflict of Interest across the Professions	335	(18)
Andrew Stark
Index	353