Scientific integrity refers to professional values and practices when conducting, reporting, and applying the results of scientific activities that ensures objectivity and reproducibility, and that provides insulation from bias, fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, and inappropriate influence. Lapses in scientific integrity, or episodes of scientific misconduct, can greatly affect the relationship of trust between scientists and the societies they serve.
For this week’s discussion, choose a case of scientific misconduct listed below (or find one on your own). Explain your thoughts on the methods/techniques in question, the impact the original reported findings had on the scientific community and society at large, and the effect the reported misconduct has had on the public. To accomplish this, you may consider finding and reading the original scientific articles and/or researching additional news articles.
Bharat Aggarwal: https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/M-D-Anderson-professor-under-fraud-probe-3360037.php
Azza El-Remessy: https://ori.hhs.gov/content/case-summary-el-remessy-azza
Andrew Wakefielcixd: https://www.bmj.com/content/340/bmj.c696https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn4743-controversial-mmr-and-autism-study-retracted/
Robert Weinberg: https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/science/2015/03/19/papers-from-mit-cancer-biologist-laboratory-retracted/7NABAzMU2BMLxb9b67wMrK/story.html
Sources: https://www.usda.gov/our-agency/staff-offices/office-chief-scientist-ocs/scientific-integrity-and-research-misconduct
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