The Malone Doctrine
A Declaration of Independence
From The Decisions of Institutions That Lack Integrity
We The Undersigned:
- Demand that all underlying data that contributes to a body of work under consideration must be made available and must remain accessible for analysis.
- Proclaim the value of knowledge to society is not determined by any given creator of information. Instead, that it is the beneficiaries of knowledge who assign value to a proposition only through thorough critique and relentless scrutiny.
- Establish the free and open exchange of information and establish as a duty the authority to serve as the custodians of all data forming the basis of our decisions.
- Require the full disclosure of all sources of funding regarding any citation noted or references made pertaining to any matter under consideration.
- Commit to impartiality in consideration of all analytical information and data brought before us and expect the same from all others.
- Foster rigorous open debate and scrutiny in consideration of and for any matter of concern.
- Shall promptly make the discovery of intellectual dishonesty or professional irresponsibility known to all.
- Ensure the health, welfare and safety of any whistleblower, bringing forth and/or making public an abrogation of the beliefs held herein.
- Stand in opposition to censorship and will not accept representations of parties holding within themselves values that conflict with principles of free expression.
- Deny no person the right to challenge, debate, petition, redress, examine or protest with facts and evidence any decision of this body.
Robert W Malone, MD, MS Jill Glasspool Malone, PhD
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