You can rely on the vast majority of people to do the right thing when it's in their best interests. You can likely rely on a good majority of people to do the

You can rely on the vast majority of people to do the right thing when it's in their best interests. You can likely rely on a good majority of people to do the right thing when it isn't for or against their interests in any substantial way. I'm not sure the amount of people that will do the right thing when it's not in their best interests by some small but noticeable amount. I'm also not sure the amount of people that will do the right thing when it's vastly against their best interests, but it's bound to be far less that the prior group, and I suspect it's way below a majority. The point isn't that these people aren't doing the "right thing", it's that these programs are designed to align doing the right thing with the best interests of the researchers, so noting that we might get more results that are not in the best interests of society at large or the company in question if they don't hold up to what they agreed to is not only a valid observation, it's the likely outcome if we're to expect these programs exist for a reason. To put this in perspective, say you find a suitcase with a million dollars in it. You can turn it in, or you can keep it for yourself. If there's no real expectation you'll get anything if you turn it in, how does the reasoning go in your head? What if you know you'll get 10% for finding it and turning it in? What if you live in abject poverty? What if you have $60k worth of medical bills for a family member to pay off?