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Nine pitfalls of research misconduct

Academic leaders must audit departments for flaws and strengths, then tailor practices to build good behaviour, say C. K. Gunsalus and Aaron D. Robinson.
  1. C. K. Gunsalus

    1. C. K. Gunsalus is the director of the National Center for Professional and Research Ethics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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  2. Aaron D. Robinson

    1. Aaron D. Robinson a collaborating expert on design and research at the National Center for Professional and Research Ethics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Illustration by David Parkins

One of us (C.K.G.) teaches leadership skills and works with troubled departments. At almost every session, someone will sidle up, curious about a case study: they want to know how what happened at their university came to be known externally. Of course, it didn’t.

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Nature 557, 297-299 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05145-6

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