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|Resource Type=Cases
|Title=Serious Accusation of Negligence of Ethical Principles in Human Sciences
|Is About=A complaint was made my a member of the public against the editors of a symposium in social sciences on the basis that one of the published articles contained delicate, albeit anonymized, information relating to the personal history of the complainant. They claimed that the information was presented in such a way that it was easy to work out their true identity. This is a factual anonymized case.
|Important Because=The institutions associated with the two editors deemed the allegation to be unfounded because the person presented in the publication had been anonymised. Responding to the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity ('TENK'), the institutions stated that the matter did not fall within the scope of guidelines for responsible conduct of research.

By contrast, TENK stated that the editors were responsible for the content of the publication, the allegation was serious and the complainant had solid grounds for the validity of the allegation. Accordingly, TENK demanded that the institutions concerned initiate investigations  into the matter in accordance with the guidelines for responsible conduct of research.
|Important For=Researchers; Research Integrity Officers; Research Ethics Committees; Research institutions
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|Has Link=https://www.tenk.fi/sites/tenk.fi/files/TENK_annual_report_2017.pdf
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|Related To Resource=Resource:Aefedfd7-bd36-4b3e-8dad-cdd1d6d92eb3;Resource:E37e02ca-bbf3-4c6f-86a2-0cb939d3cc91
|Related To Theme=Theme:A1a1b736-7002-405c-8375-711a11f20e04;Theme:B14a910a-3bc4-40ff-a0e6-eb7119f51ed9;Theme:D44fd22a-ed5d-4120-a78b-8881747131fd
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{{Tags
|Involves=Finnish National Board on Research Integrity; TENK
|Has Timepoint=2017
|Has Location=Finland
|Has Virtue And Value=Accountability; Respect
|Has Good Practice And Misconduct=Privacy; Confidentiality; Data Management; Allegation of Misconduct; Data Protection; Anonymization; Personal Information
|Related To Research Area=SH - Social Sciences and Humanities
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