Could Distributed Peer Review Better Decide Grant Funding?
The landscape of academic grant funding is notoriously competitive and plagued by lengthy, bureaucratic processes, exacerbated by difficulties in finding willing reviewers. Distributed […]
The Less Shocking Reality of Milgram’s Experiments
In synthesizing the results of many of Stanley Milgram’s obedience trial experiments, modern-day researchers find the scary takeaways that have long accompanied the work don’t really hold up as strongly as once assumed..
Reviewer: Journal Wilts Under Climate of Intimidation
As an echo of the latest just-released IPCC report on climate change, Elaine McKewon details how one journal blinked when climate change skeptics turned up the heat on an article exploring conspiracy ideation and the rejection of science.
Publication Ethics and Biomedical Imperialism
Applying ethics to social science research can raise as many issues as it answers. A new set of guidelines on which Robert DIngwall consulted gives clarity in some cases like manipulation of images and duplicate publication but leaves some other controversies unsettled.
Are There Questionable Research Practices in Management Research?
The publishing industry can be competitive. But how far will a potential researcher go to achieve success? Farther than you would think, […]
Is Self-Plagiarism a Scourge of the Academy?
Here’s an ethical question or two — is it OK to re-use your own words in a new written piece, or is there an expectation of “exclusivity of the written word for each publication”? Drexel’s Jamie L. Callahan examines the moral panic surrounding self-plagiarism.
Self-Plagiarism in the Academy
In the March issue of Human Resource Development Review, editor Jamie L. Callahan explores this controversy in her editorial, “Creation of a […]
The Ethics of Impact
Back in the summer, John Holmwood, the current BSA President, sent me an email about impact and research ethics. Various contingencies have […]
The Ethics of Corporate Political Spending
In a recent blog post on The Hill calling for the SEC to adopt a new rule on disclosure of public companies’ […]
