Misconduct


Federal Misconduct Policy (2000):

Policy with supplementary materials (Onlineethics.org)

USM Libraries Plagiarism Tutorial

Elsevier's Plagiarism Detection Software

plagiarism example:

    http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/hep-th/pdf/0308/0308158v1.pdf (Original)

    http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/gr-qc/pdf/0611/0611014v1.pdf (Rip-off)

Cases:

Unglaublich!

Misc. Tidbits:

A Guide to Ethical Writing - Roig

On Being a Scientist - National Academies Press

Laboratory Ethics: What Makes Someone Cheat? - CS Monitor, 12/22/05

The Millikan Case

USM ORSP Policies/"Ethics in Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities"

The Office of Research Integrity (ORI)

The Alan Sokal Affair

"Scientific Fraud and the Power Structure of Science" - Brian Martin

 

Recent Cases:

Science on the Hwang controversy - 12/06

Eric Poehlman - ORI, 3/05

Bell Labs - CS Monitor, 7/19/02

LBNL - New Scientist, 7/15/02

 

Historians in the News:

1. The Michael Bellesiles Case

National Review - 1/29/02

OAH Resolution - 11/01

2. The Stephen Ambrose Case

Weekly Standard - 1/4/02

Forbes - 1/9/02

Wash. Post - 1/11/02

3. Doris Kearns Goodwin

Weekly Standard - 1/28/02

 

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