Demanding Truth is not a Witch-Hunt

Abstract

Started with the recent turmoil in the White House, the author further collected some examples of failure of disclosure of financial conflicts of interests between drug companies and researchers that lead to scandals and their aftermath. The author concluded that both politicians and researchers should hold high morality as to gain trust to people. The solution is to actively and voluntarily disclose any potential conflicts of interest in advance rather than impose strict regulations, as the latter may have some opposite effects.