31st August 2006, 05:04 PM
In principle I agree with CK and 1man, there is certainly the [u]potential</u> for a conflict of interest.
However the conflict of interest in this case seems to me to be no greater than a similar conflict between two divisions of a consultancy where one arm is designing the new road and the other is producing the EIA.
Also if anyone is going to make it work then it will be Hal and his mob, who are among the nicest and most ethically sound people I have ever met in archaeology. They have done some excellent work over the years. Even after a few pints in The Dragon, the 'chinese wall' stays fairly solid. Witness the number of other units working in Hal's 'patch'.
However the conflict of interest in this case seems to me to be no greater than a similar conflict between two divisions of a consultancy where one arm is designing the new road and the other is producing the EIA.
Also if anyone is going to make it work then it will be Hal and his mob, who are among the nicest and most ethically sound people I have ever met in archaeology. They have done some excellent work over the years. Even after a few pints in The Dragon, the 'chinese wall' stays fairly solid. Witness the number of other units working in Hal's 'patch'.