Minimizing threats to scientific integrity

Records Retention: Addressing Insider Threats to Data Integrity

Inaccurate financial statements from major companies, dead people who still vote in elections, world-class gymnasts with uncertain birth dates: insiders often have the power and ability to make inappropriate changes to the content of electronic records. As electronic records replace paper records, it becomes easy to make such alterations without leaving behind evidence that can be used to detec...

[Guidelines for scientific integrity].

A primeira edição do Guidelines for Scientific Integrity foi ofertada a comunidade científica em 1996. A grande demanda pelos exemplares publicados levou o Scientific Integrity Committee of the Midwest Nursing Research Society a publicar esta segunda edição revista e ampliada. A importância do tema e pertinência das observações contidas neste guia nos levou a divulga-lo através desta resenha. E...

Scientific integrity, misconduct in science.

Many scientists consider scientific integrity to be a self-evident basic moral attitude. They are of the honest opinion that scientific misconduct is very rare and they also cannot imagine that it could in fact occur in their own institutions.However, this opinion must be considered in the light of international experience in this respect. There are still many examples of scientific misconduct....

Research and scientific publication integrity.

Organizational Influences on Scientific Integrity

Our image of the working scientist remains inherently romantic (1). We envision an individual, working alone, pursuing knowledge in an area solely for its intrinsic interest. As attractive as the image may be, it has little to do with the realities of current work in the sciences (2, 3, 4). Scientists work in a distinctly social setting, conducting their work in both collaboration and competiti...