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Research at the Auction Block
Author(s) -
LONDON ALEX JOHN,
ZOLLMAN KEVIN J.S.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.1353/hcr.0.0281
Subject(s) - economic justice , block (permutation group theory) , fair dealing , economics , law and economics , computer science , business , microeconomics , political science , law , mathematics , geometry , good faith
The “fair benefits” approach to international research is designed to produce results that all can agree are fair without taking a stand on divisive questions of justice. But its appealing veneer of collaboration masks ambiguities at both a conceptual and an operational level. An attempt to put it into practice would look a lot like an auction, leaving little reason to think the outcomes will satisfy even minimal conditions of fairness.