SOC221H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Cyril Burt, Scientific Misconduct, Confidence Trick
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Most unethical behaviour due to lack of awareness and pressures on researchers to take shortcuts. Scientific misconduct occurs when a researcher falsifies or distorts the data or the methods of data collection, or plagiarizes the work of others. Also includes significant, unjustified departures from the generally accepted scientific practices for doing and reporting on research. Research fraud: when a researcher fakes or invents data that he or she did not really collect or fails to honestly and fully report how he or she conducted a study. Famous: sir cyril burt: falsified data in names of coauthors o. Plagiarism: when a researcher steals the ideas or writing from another or uses them without citing the source. Some ethical issues involve an abuse of power and trust. Balance value of advancement of knowledge against the value of noninterference in the lives of others.
