Understanding Ethics

Yes, you understood correctly…a lottery system to award grant funding to academic researchers. Any academic researcher is aware of the competitive nature of grant funding. However,…

That sinking feeling in your stomach when you realize the cell lines you have been working on were not the ones you thought. You discovered there was a labeling error. The…

Most researchers would say that plagiarism is never acceptable. They would probably also agree that some types of plagiarism are more serious than others. For example, complete…

You can also listen to this article as an audio recording. Scientific misconduct is a common topic of debate in the academic world. Scientific publications are often the…

You can also listen to this article as an audio recording. “Do you have a conflict of interest?” is a question most researchers are used to answering. In science, all good…

The work that scientists do is vital in many ways. It helps society progress in the fields of medicine, climate change, physics, and beyond. Unfortunately, scientific misconduct is…

You can also listen to this article as an audio recording. Research in China has grown exponentially over the past two decades. The USD 9.1 billion investment that China…

Research misconduct describes a wide variety of immoral behaviors, including corrupt or unethical research methods, denying or claiming unfair authorship, plagiarism, data…

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You can also listen to this article as an audio recording. Patents have two purposes: awarding rights to the inventor and preventing others from claiming…

You can also listen to this article as an audio recording. Recently I walked past my colleague’s office and noticed he was laughing. I asked him what was so funny.“I am…