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Smoke Screen

Authors: Connolly, Peggy ; Althaus, Ruth Ann ; Brinkman, Anthony ; Robert Ladenson ; Skipper, Robert Boyd
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: As universities across the U.S. deal with strained budgets, Virginia Commonwealth University entered into an agreement with the tobacco company Phillip Morris. In return for funding support, the agreement bars professors from talkin...
Year: 2010
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Smoke%20Screen.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-02-04 10:35

Patenting and Licensing of University Research: Promoting Innovation or Undermining Academic Values?

Authors: Sterckx, Sigrid
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: Since the 1980s in the US and the 1990s in Europe, patenting and licensing activities by universities have massively increased. This trend has far-reaching consequences for access to the fruits of academic research and so the ques...
Year: 9999
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11948-009-9168-8
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-009-9168-8

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-02-16 14:34

Interplay and Implications of Intellectual Property and Academic-Industry Collaboration to Foster Digital Inclusion

Authors: Tew, Dawn ; Masi, Louis
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: IEEE Communications Magazine
Abstract: This article discusses how to reduce the barriers universities and industry face when working together on collaborative research projects. As a best practices study, the article describes lessons that should not be viewed as isolate...
Year: 2010

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-05-14 14:05

Science as intellectual property : who controls research?

Authors: Nelkin, Dorothy
Publication Type: Book
Secondary Title: AAAS series on issues in science and technology; Variation: AAAS series on issues in science and technology.
Abstract: The controversial question of who controls research stands at the center of a growing number of legal and administrative disputes which raise critical issues of professional sovereignty, scientific secrecy, and proprietary rights. A...
Year: 1984

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-25 18:07

A Synergistic Union, or Selling Out?: University-Industry Relations, Biotechnology, and the UC-Berkeley/Novartis Partnership

Authors: Dunning, Rebecca ; Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case uses the controversial partnership linking the University of California-Berkeley’s College of Natural Resources and agribusiness giant Novartis to examine the ongoing tensions between higher education’s public mission and ...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.duke.edu/web/kenanethics/CaseStudies/BerkeleyNovartis.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-03-14 17:00

Principles, Property Rights, and Profits: Historical Reflections on University/Industry Tensions

Authors: Kevles, Daniel J.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Accountability in Research: Policies & Quality Assurance
Abstract: Discusses the history of tensions over principles and property rights between universities and businesses participating in research projects. Conflicts created by commercialization; Disputes arising from university efforts to capita...
Year: 2001
DOI: 1080/08989620108573982

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-25 17:57

Concord And Conflicts Blur Science And Invention

Authors: Cowan, Fred M.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: The Scientist
Abstract: After discussing how patents work to in relation to scientific research and innovation, the author looks at how the current patent system may need to change as the lines between basic science, and scientific innovation, especially i...
Year: 1998
URL: http://www.the-scientist.com/article/display/17985/

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-10-02 13:34

Self-Interest Assumption and Relational Trust in University-Industry Knowledge Transfers

Authors: Saparito, Patrick A. ; Santoro, Michael D.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
Abstract: Since knowledge is a critical resource for ensuring firm growth and survival firms are increasingly going outside their boundaries and collaborating with other organizations to obtain new knowledge. This study sent out a questionnai...
Year: 2006
DOI: 10.1109/tem.2006.878103

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-05-14 14:06