Integrity: the dark-side of mentoring
The final morning of the research integrity meeting began with a question that should probably have come earlier in the meeting: what do we know for certain about bad research behaviour? Is misconduct actually on the rise? Sure, there are more scientists than ever, and competition between them is rising, factors that you think would contribute to more misconduct. There are also worrying signs from the young that internet ´research´ at school and university is becoming a substitute for real academic work. But does that mean this is a problem that is only going to get worse? And what can the science community do about it? Read more