From new therapies for drugs and energy production to the development of computer chips science has laid the foundation for many of the world’s biggest technological innovations. But while innovation is what drives the field of science, business is all about making profit and keeping shareholders satisfied. Traditionally, the worlds of science and business have been thought of as separate entities. However, the two are interconnected, and it is impossible to discern the impact of scientific research and its business impact.
While business is concerned with profits, the long-term effects of their http://scorbe.de/generated-post decisions could have major environmental, social and economic effects. Science is also concerned with the impacts of its actions and decisions, specifically those pertaining to resource exploitation and sustainability. A shrewd business will, for example exploit a resource to the level that scientists consider sustainable. However, greedy companies have led to over-exploitation natural resources and ecological catastrophe.
We have codified the expected results and the effects of these strategies. (TL was the first to do the programming and AG coded 20% of the papers). We found that corporations employ five macro-level strategies which work in tandem to reduce the perceived credibility of skeptical science and to increase the value of favourable science. These strategies are implemented via meso-strategies which, over time, alter evidence in favor of the industry. This leads to three distal outcomes-to cast doubt about the potential harms of industry-related products and practices, to support industry-favoured policy responses, and to maximise consumption, use, and sales of industry products and services – thus maximising corporate profits.
