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Matthew W. Finkin
Researcher at West Virginia University College of Law
Publications - 97
Citations - 878
Matthew W. Finkin is an academic researcher from West Virginia University College of Law. The author has contributed to research in topics: Labour law & Academic freedom. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 94 publications receiving 846 citations. Previous affiliations of Matthew W. Finkin include University of Illinois at Chicago & Southern Methodist University.
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Mission creep in the IRB world.
C. K. Gunsalus,Edward M. Bruner,Nicholas C. Burbules,Leon Decosta Dash,Matthew W. Finkin,Joseph P. Goldberg,William T. Greenough,Gregory A. Miller,Michael G. Pratt +8 more
TL;DR: The University of Illinois white paper addresses the problems of mission creep and offers possible solutions, including the exemption from IRB oversight of some activities that have ethical standards of their own, distinct from the biomedical tradition.
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The Illinois White Paper - Improving the System for Protecting Human Subjects: Counteracting IRB Mission Creep
C. K. Gunsalus,Edward M. Bruner,Nicholas C. Burbules,Leon Decosta Dash,Matthew W. Finkin,Joseph P. Goldberg,William T. Greenough,Gregory A. Miller,Michael G. Pratt +8 more
TL;DR: It is hoped that this White Paper will further the discussion about what reasonable procedures can be instituted to help get IRBs back on track and do what they were originally meant to do—protect the rights and welfare of human subjects while allowing the research enterprise to progress and its benefits to society to accrue.
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The Illinois White Paper: Improving the System for Protecting Human Subjects--Counteracting IRB "Mission Creep".
C. K. Gunsalus,Edward M. Bruner,Nicholas C. Burbules,Leon Decosta Dash,Matthew W. Finkin,Joseph P. Goldberg,William T. Greenough,Gregory A. Miller,Michael G. Pratt,Masumi Iriye,Deb Aronson +10 more
TL;DR: Our system of research self-regulation as discussed by the authors, designed to provide internal checks and balances for those who participate in research involving human subjects, is under considerable stress. Much of this c...
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For the Common Good: Principles of American Academic Freedom
Matthew W. Finkin,Robert C. Post +1 more
TL;DR: Finkin and Post as discussed by the authors discuss the four primary dimensions of academic freedom: research and publication, teaching, intramural speech, and extramuralspeech, and argue that academic freedom protects the capacity of a faculty to pursue the scholar's profession according to the standards of that profession.