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|Is About=The Office of Research Integrity found in 2011 that  a postdoctoral researcher who sabotaged a colleague’s research materials, was guilty of misconduct<ref>Rasmussen, Lisa M. "The case of Vipul Bhrigu and the federal definition of research misconduct." ''Science and engineering ethics'' 20.2 (2014): 411-421.</ref>. This case describes when something is considered as scientific misconduct and whether this really was the case. This is a factual case.  
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|Is About=The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) found in 2011 that  a postdoctoral researcher who sabotaged a colleague’s research materials, was found guilty of misconduct<ref>Rasmussen, Lisa M. "The case of Vipul Bhrigu and the federal definition of research misconduct." ''Science and engineering ethics'' 20.2 (2014): 411-421.</ref>. This paper discusses definitions of scientific misconduct and its implications with the example of a factual case. It is discussed whether the definition of research misconduct used to assess the case may be seen as appropriate and what possible alternative definitions may be.  
 
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|Important Because=When accuding someone for committing scientific fraud, it is important that the definition is clear en interpretative by everybody.
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|Important Because=This article and the discussed case highlights the importance of a concise and comprehensive definition of research misconduct in order to assure a proper handling of respective accusations. The case described may be seen exemplary of the implications a definition of research misconduct may have
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|Important For=Researchers; PhD students; Postdocs; Research Integrity Officers; Research integrity trainers; research integrity researchers
 
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Revision as of 11:05, 15 September 2020

Cases

Sabotage and the Federal Definition of Research Misconduct

What is this about?

The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) found in 2011 that a postdoctoral researcher who sabotaged a colleague’s research materials, was found guilty of misconduct[1]. This paper discusses definitions of scientific misconduct and its implications with the example of a factual case. It is discussed whether the definition of research misconduct used to assess the case may be seen as appropriate and what possible alternative definitions may be.

  1. Rasmussen, Lisa M. "The case of Vipul Bhrigu and the federal definition of research misconduct." Science and engineering ethics 20.2 (2014): 411-421.

Why is this important?

This article and the discussed case highlights the importance of a concise and comprehensive definition of research misconduct in order to assure a proper handling of respective accusations. The case described may be seen exemplary of the implications a definition of research misconduct may have

For whom is this important?

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