Scientific research should be carried out and controlled by the governments rather than private companies. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Nowadays, scientific

research

across the world is carried out and controlled sometimes by the

government

, sometimes by private companies. Even though there are some opinions that favour corporations to take over the control of scientific

research

, I think

this

should be conducted in the hand of the

government

.

Although

private companies are willing to conduct scientific

research

, there are some significant dangers with

this

. In terms of the quality and purpose of the

research

itself, corporations carry out

this

with the main purpose of profit. There have been several scandals relating to new products,

such

as medicine, being introduced to the market hurriedly with inadequate quality, causing significant negative impacts on users.

Furthermore

, the fund that a private institution can spend on a

project

is unable to compare with the amount the

government

can invest. With a huge possibility of misleading development, there is a high chance of insufficient funding which might lead to the corruption of the

research

.

Therefore

, with these uncertainties, it is not an optimal option to handle a scientific

project

at the hand of private companies.

On the other hand

, the

government

is able to bear the responsibility to carry out scientific

research

.

Firstly

, when deciding whether a

project

should be conducted or not, the

government

has considered the need of the society, both present and future.

This

ensures the demand relating to the new product when it is introduced.

Moreover

, in the process of developing a new product, cooperation from other departments is needed and only the

government

, with its enormous human resource and great power, is able to do

this

.

Consequently

, because of the above reasons,

government

-controlled scientific

research

could bring the desired outcome. In conclusion, I strongly agree that the

government

should take the responsibility to carry out and control scientific

research

.

This

would ensure the continuity of the

project

and the high quality of the new product.