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|Resource Type=Cases
|Title=Misconduct Ruling is Silent on Intent
|Is About=Mavens of research ethics often insist that there is a clear difference between sloppy science and scientific fraud. But if ever there was a case that blurs that line, it is that of a high-flying evolutionary psychologist who resigned from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 2011, after the university found him guilty of misconduct<ref>Reich, Eugenie Samuel. "Misconduct ruling is silent on intent." ''Nature'' 489.7415 (2012): 189.</ref>. This is a factual case.
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|Important Because=The definition of misconduct can be interpreted in different ways.
|Important For=researchers; phd students; research leaders
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|Has Link=https://www.nature.com/news/misconduct-ruling-is-silent-on-intent-1.11390
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{{Tags
|Has Timepoint=2002; 2010
|Has Location=USA; United States
|Has Virtue And Value=Reliability; Honesty
|Has Good Practice And Misconduct=Misconduct; Falsification
|Related To Research Area=Psychology
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