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How to Confront Scientific Misconduct - Enago Academy

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How to Confront Scientific Misconduct - Enago Academy

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  1. Enago Academy offers comprehensive and up-to-date resources for researchers, publishers, editors, and students to learn and share their experience about research and publishing. Enago Academy also conducts workshops primarily for ESL authors, early-stage researchers, and graduate students. Our advanced workshop modules cater to the needs of researchers who want to know more about the issues pertinent to successful publication

  2. How to ConfrontScientific Misconduct

  3. 8/2/2018 How to Confront Scientific Misconduct - EnagoAcademy Ethics andmisconduct How to ConfrontScientific Misconduct Last updated May 24,2018 If you are a researcher at a university working on a new drug and the company with whom you collaborate sends you a publication for your approval. You request to see the raw data on which the conclusions have been based but they refuse. After much controversy and evasion they showyoupart of the data, and it does not support the paper’s conclusions atall. Misconduct is thePolicy  https://www.enago.com/academy/confronting-scientific-misconduct/

  4. 8/2/2018 How to Confront Scientific Misconduct - EnagoAcademy So far so good. You avoided putting your name on a bogus publication. But what if this is not an isolated incident? What if you see a pattern of the company consistently denying access to data? How do you to change the situation? This is the quandary that Aubrey Blumsohn claims he found himself in several years ago. His story shows some of the di culties in confronting scientificmisconduct. The following covers the case of Aubrey Blumsohn who got fired from the University for becoming a whistleblower. How he could have done things di"erently to avoid theconsequences? Working within theSystem When Blumsohn was first denied access to data, he raised the issue with the university. After all, their contract with the company stated that they had the right to see all data. He was referred to the head of human resources. Nothing changed. Having lawyers write letters worked no better. Increasingly frustrated, Blumsohn finally announced that he was going public with thestory. Blowing theWhistle The good news: not long after the story broke, the company did release the data and promised to do so in the future. The bad news: Blumsohn was fired. Although Blumsohn eventually made a financial settlement with the university, he admits that he wished he had done some things di"erently. Suggestions Appeal toSelf-interest  https://www.enago.com/academy/confronting-scientific-misconduct/

  5. 8/2/2018 How to Confront Scientific Misconduct - EnagoAcademy Stress to the decision makers how the current situation is damaging the university, how a bogus paper will be a terrible black eye and will hurt funding. Better to solve the problem before there is anincident. It’s NotPersonal Focus on the problem: the data, the contract. Don’t let the issue degenerate into a battle of personalities. When an issue becomes personal it becomes a feud that can destroy bothsides. Document Take notes through the process, handwritten notes, since these are given more weight in a court of law. You will need this documentation if worse comes toworse. Plan for theWorst If you foresee a bad ending, start looking for a new position early on. It’s easier to get a new job when you still haveone. Becoming a whistleblowershould not be done lightly. The consequences may hurt your career, at least in the short run. But doing nothing may hurt it more in the long run. If the issue is one you feel is important enough, and working within the system has failed, becoming a whistleblower may be the only honorable option. Few whistleblowers look back with regret on their actions. But like Blumsohn, they often wish they had done things a littledi"erently.  https://www.enago.com/academy/confronting-scientific-misconduct/

  6. 8/2/2018 REPORTING RESEARCH How to Confront Scientific Misconduct - EnagoAcademy PUBLISHING RESEARCH IMPORTANT OUR SERVICES ABOUT US LINKS GLOBAL ENAGO EnglishEditing ContactUs GuestContributor AboutEnago Academy Language & Grammar Journal Guidelines Manuscripts& Grants Reference Management Figures &Tables Selecting Journals Submitting Manuscripts Understanding Reviews Understanding Ethics PhDs & PostdocsServices Product & Service CopyEditing Services Substantive Editing Services Publication Support Services Proofreading Services Reviews Ask aQuestion! This article is by Enago Academy, a knowledge sharing platform by Enago. Enagoprovides English Editing service and scientific editing service to Authors and researchers. Enago Academy offers comprehensive and up-to-date resources for researchers, publishers, editors, and students to learn and sharetheirexperienceaboutresearchandpublishing. Enago AcademyalsoconductsworkshopsprimarilyforESLauthors,early- stageresearchers,andgraduatestudents.Ouradvancedworkshopmodulescatertotheneedsofresearcherswhowanttoknow moreabouttheissuespertinenttosuccessfulpublication.ReadMore Copyright © 2018 - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | PrivacyPolicy | Terms & Conditions| ContactUs  https://www.enago.com/academy/confronting-scientific-misconduct/

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