The documentary film"Inside Job"looks at conflicts of interest in the financial sector which played a role in obscuring and exacerbating the crisis. One conflict mentioned in the film related to academics is

O Some academics receive IPO shares through their connections with the issuing companies

O Some academics who receive funding as consultants do not disclose this information in their academic writing

O Some academics assisted banks in creating poisoned instruments for the purpose of hedging against them in their own investment accounts