Scientific 'code of conduct' must foster openness - SciDev.Net: "Ensuring science is conducted with integrity requires a supportive culture, not draconian rules and sanctions.
Last year, in a much-publicised case, two researchers at Jinggangshan University in Southern China were dismissed after 70 scientific papers they had published in an international journal were found to contain fabricated data.�
The university blamed the falsification on the researchers' 'lack of moral integrity'. But critics also pointed fingers at the intense pressure put on Chinese scientists to compete with other researchers and raise their university's status.
For example, Jinggangshan University was reported to have offered prizes of 5,000 Chinese yuan (US$733) for any scientist publishing in a recognised international scientific journal. Other universities are said to have offered twice this figure."
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