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|Title=How I Was Nearly Duped into 'Authoring' a Fake Paper
 
|Title=How I Was Nearly Duped into 'Authoring' a Fake Paper
|Is About=Cooperation between academia and industry can be tricky and cause 'fake' science. This is a factual case.
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|Is About=This a real case that describes how an orthopaedic expert (Prof. Aspenberg) was invited to join a workgroup in a Luxury hotel in Switzerland, so that he would advocate for a new commercial method of bone enhancement called prophylactic surgery. He was also asked to become a co-author of a paper that promotes this method and an associated product. He realises about this set up and fake working group and declines requests to advocate for the method, or become a co-author.
|Important Because=The only way to expose this is for more people to speak out when they experience these things, however embarrassing it is to admit you were nearly drawn in<ref>Aspenberg, Per. "How I was nearly duped into “authoring” a fake paper." ''Bmj'' 351 (2015): h6605.</ref>.
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|Important Because=This case clearly demonstrates how researchers could be drawn into questionable practices involving commercial parties, and provides best practices for dealing with these situations. Professor Aspenberg is not embarrased to admit that he was nearly commiting a questionable practice and speaks out so that others would not repeat his mistake.
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|Important For=researchers; phd students
 
|Important For=researchers; phd students
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|Has Best Practice=Based on the provided information in the case, this can be seen as examplary conduct that shows how a virtuous researcher deals with problematic situations.
 
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|Has Virtue And Value=Honesty; Transparency
 
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Revision as of 16:15, 7 August 2020

Cases

How I Was Nearly Duped into 'Authoring' a Fake Paper

What is this about?

This a real case that describes how an orthopaedic expert (Prof. Aspenberg) was invited to join a workgroup in a Luxury hotel in Switzerland, so that he would advocate for a new commercial method of bone enhancement called prophylactic surgery. He was also asked to become a co-author of a paper that promotes this method and an associated product. He realises about this set up and fake working group and declines requests to advocate for the method, or become a co-author.

Why is this important?

This case clearly demonstrates how researchers could be drawn into questionable practices involving commercial parties, and provides best practices for dealing with these situations. Professor Aspenberg is not embarrased to admit that he was nearly commiting a questionable practice and speaks out so that others would not repeat his mistake.

For whom is this important?

What are the best practices?

Based on the provided information in the case, this can be seen as examplary conduct that shows how a virtuous researcher deals with problematic situations.

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Good Practices & Misconduct
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