Someone who appraises your house is obliged to state emphatically that they did not receive any compensation from a third party, and that the value provided was not in any way related to the fee paid.

Someone who authorises patent medicines to be ingested into your body can legally hide the fact that someone else made a payment or provided a benefit that may reasonably be considered to have affected the recommendation made to you.

What is the matter with us that we tolerate this?