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The Creation Of University Intellectual Property: Confidential Information, Data Protection, And Research Ethics, Margaret Ann Wilkinson
The Creation Of University Intellectual Property: Confidential Information, Data Protection, And Research Ethics, Margaret Ann Wilkinson
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Protection of commercial confidences is both required as part of the intellectual property provisions of current trade agreements and routinely prerequisite for achieving patent protection. This paper discusses the protection of such commercial confidences and the relationship of this protection with the statutory regime in Canada of personal data protection, but does so within the specific context of an examination of these matters in light of the governance of the processes of research conducted in universities. The nexus of university research and commercial research occurs frequently—for example, in the area of the development and testing of drugs in Canada. The …
The International Criminal Court And The Closure Of The Time-Limited International And Hybrid Criminal Tribunals, Valerie Oosterveld
The International Criminal Court And The Closure Of The Time-Limited International And Hybrid Criminal Tribunals, Valerie Oosterveld
Law Publications
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Do Codes Of Ethics Actually Shape Legal Practice?, Margaret Ann Wilkinson, Christa Walker, Peter Mercer
Do Codes Of Ethics Actually Shape Legal Practice?, Margaret Ann Wilkinson, Christa Walker, Peter Mercer
Law Publications
In theory, professional codes of conduct are supposed to assist lawyers in choosing the appropriate course of action when they are faced with an ethical dilemma and it is expected that lawyers will, in practice, turn to such codes for guidance. A recent research initiative undertaken by legal scholars at the University of Western Ontario sought to examine the effectiveness of codes of ethics in maintaining standards of behaviour within the legal profession in Ontario by examining the kinds of ethical problems confronting lawyers in that province and the extent to which they were resolved through the use of professional …
The Practice Of Ethical Precepts: Dissecting Decision-Making Lawyers, Margaret Ann Wilkinson, Peter Mercer, Terra Strong
The Practice Of Ethical Precepts: Dissecting Decision-Making Lawyers, Margaret Ann Wilkinson, Peter Mercer, Terra Strong
Law Publications
The article describes the context for a major piece of interdisciplinary research undertaken in Ontario, Canada investigating whether the nature of ethical behaviour was changing over time: whether professionalism or profit was driving the behaviour of lawyers. The project had both conceptual and philosophical aspects and an empirical investigation. Previous research on professional ethics is canvassed, including studies of medical ethics, and the particular problems associated with research about the legal profession are identified. The full methodology of the empirical aspect of the research is described and all methodological decisions are discussed and justified. Appendices contain all research instruments. The …