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Misconduct in Science
Pages 16-18

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... But researchers can waste months or years of effort because of erroneous results, and public confidence in the integrity of science can be seriously undermined. · O G 411 ~ 11' ~ 0 6' ~ O ~ 1' ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ D ~ ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ O ~ ~ ~ 3 ~ ~ 0 ~ 0 9 e ~ a ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ MISCONDUCT IN SCIENCE Beyond honest errors and errors caused through negligence are a third category of errors: those that involve deception.
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... Examples include cover-ups of misconduct in science, reprisals against whistleblowers, malicious allegations of misconduct in science, and violations of due process in handling complaints of misconduct in science. Policymakers and scientists have not decided whether such actions should be considered misconduct in science and therefore subject to the same procedures and sanctions as falsification, fabrication, and plagiarism-or whether they should be Don is a first-year graduate student applying to the National Science Foundation for a predoctoral fellowship.
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... investigated and adjudicated through different channels. Regulations adopted by the National Science Foundation and the Public Health Service define misconduct to include "other serious deviations from accepted research practices," in addition to falsification, fabrication, and plagiarism, leaving open the possibility that other actions could be considered misconduct in science.
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