May 18th 2008
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WHY WE MUST ROOT OUT INSTITUTIONAL DISHONESTY: A PLEA FOR NO MORE SPIN AND DOWNRIGHT LIES
robin’s sunday blog has bae systems gone into a tale -of- spin over and beyond what independent means?in the since week or so there has been some considerable academic debate on bent society regarding whether smartwater’s claims that experiment with that it commissioned perpetuity to conduct into its effects marking merchandise was unearned or not.what unequivocally does “independent” mean in the framework of investigating the efficacy or ethics of any commercial organisation?the customary gist of independent according to the collins english dictionary 1986 is:(1) free from control in demeanour or judgement(2) not dependent upon anything else for function, validity etc(3) note reliant upon support especially economic support, or of others(4) capable of acting for oneself or on one’s ownso once you pay someone to through your company or product or service is self-determination lost?yes, i would say that it is, simply because there purpose always linger doubts and uncertainties about equitability when the report is written over the extent of the customer who pays in spite of it. you cannot buy independent scrutiny.some pre-eminent doubts intent no doubt be created by that factors that we know that an upstanding individual, or organisation, that is paid to turn as an assessor command participate in natural reservations about being too critical because to do so would be treacherous to the paying purchaser for their services. hence, occupied self-direction, or at the very least the appearance of full independence, is lost. flatten where such subjectivity is not intended, it may arise from subconscious trustworthiness.the purchaser draws up the examination impose on parameters and sets financial limits on the capaciousness and complexity of the research inquiry. the contractor accepts these limitations to their inquiry and also relies upon the purchaser of its services for pillar, co-operation and unruffled the contractor’s very aim. purchasers often place an embargo on dissemination and publication of findings and insist upon having rights of con over purport. the contractor is also reliant upon the purchaser for financial support for the whole endeavour.the contractor may wish to contract with the customer in the future for more lucrative work, or else with similar companies - perhaps even those akin to, known to, or simply recommended by the customer. clearly then the contractor is not capable of acting also in behalf of themselves or of acting on their own in such circumstances and in that sense then the contractor is rather far from being independent.compare then last week’s woolf inquiry into non-ethical practices within bae systems with a police inquiry into bae systems. there is a elated of quarrel, as i am sure you can imagine just as there would be between a smartwater funded perpetuity research project and a home office, or esrc funded academic research project into the efficacy of smartwater.tony blair (former uk prime minister) forced the serious fraud company (sfo) to drop its probe into bae last year. this created a vogue because bae are facing allegations that it has paid £1 billion in bribes to secure £40 billion worth of al-yamamah saudi arms deals in the 1980’s. blair did this because he claimed that the saudi’s are blackmailing britain by saying that they will unremittingly to co-conduct with us outstanding issues of terrorist activities unless the sfo search ceases. pattern month the euphoric court ruled blair’s action unlawful. quite right too. because the unquestionably anyhow rationale fitting for not giving in to kidnappers should be applied to extortionists namely, if we let them get away with it once we imperil opening the floodgates to much more widespread copycat harms.we simply cannot support that it is in the national interest to beside dishonestyis there institutional dishonesty in bae?lord woolf commissioned by bae admits that bae systems was unethical but says bae is not corrupt. see:http://www.self-sufficient.co.uk/news/business/news/woolfs-bae-ethics-criticism-calls-for-tougher-antibribery-controls-822230.htmltelegraph reveals doubts about “independence” of a non-independently appointed committee http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/06/11/bcnbae211.xmland doubts are cast here also:http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/06052008/399/woolf-hands-bae-weapon-fend-critics.htmlhere is he website
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