Life after Misconduct: Promoting Rehabilitation while Minimizing Damage

The scientific community has an interest in dealing with misconduct, but also in providing a path to rehabilitation in the aftermath of misconduct. The prospect of rehabilitation could minimize harms by improving reporting of misconduct, rebuilding damaged trust, and providing more insight into the...

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Main Author: Janet D. Stemwedel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2014-10-01
Series:Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
Subjects:
RCR
Online Access:http://jmbesubmissions.asm.org/index.php/jmbe/article/view/827
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Summary:The scientific community has an interest in dealing with misconduct, but also in providing a path to rehabilitation in the aftermath of misconduct. The prospect of rehabilitation could minimize harms by improving reporting of misconduct, rebuilding damaged trust, and providing more insight into the conditions that led to unethical behavior, allowing scientists to work collectively to create conditions in which scientific misconduct is less likely.
ISSN:1935-7877
1935-7885