Defence against the dark arts: my proposal for a new MSc course
http://deevybee.blogspot.com/2023/11/defence-against-dark-arts-proposal-for.html
I do hope at least one university takes this seriously
#fraud #integrity #misconduct #training #sleuths
Defence against the dark arts: a proposal for a new MSc course

  Since I retired, an increasing amount of my time has been taken up with investigating scientific fraud. In recent months, I've become co...

@deevybee Part of the problem, as I've experienced it, is that universities will ignore their own ethics & integrity policies to support whichever academic is bringing in the most grant $ and/or prestige. I experienced this as a document I wrote on behalf of @ucaccessnow was not cited in a paper that substantially relied upon it.

The university did no real investigation and in fact put its weight behind the misconduct. Political behavior by unis should be covered.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N1HCiHed7A6G2_e3-jPVKzYSPAiURVYM-unOfyI8UdQ/edit?usp=sharing

Response to Appropriation of UC Access Now Demandifesto

2/22/2022 Sadly, I have a tale to tell of academic misconduct and I’d appreciate it if as many people can read and pass this along as possible because bad faith conduct in academia should be pulled out root and stem. I’ve been shocked by the low level of ethics in academia, but as I do not yet...

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