As academic science and industry work more and more closely together, ethical problems are likely to arise. These include the balancing of industrial requirements with public safety, the restriction of information flow in both research and teaching, the exploitation of knowledge acquired in academia and the declaration of conflicts of interest. Interviews indicated that academics were unyielding in their concern for public safety and generally condemned concealed conflicts of interest. However, they were much less concerned about the restriction of information flow in both research and teaching and generally regarded the commercial exploitation of knowledge acquired in academia as legitimate.
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