On the willingness to and consequences of reporting research misconduct: The role of power relations
dc.contributor.author | Horbach, Serge | |
dc.contributor.author | Breit, Eric | |
dc.contributor.author | Halffman, Willem | |
dc.contributor.author | Mamelund, Svenn-Erik | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-02-27T16:04:37Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-02-28T09:23:34Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-02-27T16:04:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-02-28T09:23:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-02-15 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Horbach S, Breit E, Halffman, Mamelund S. On the willingness to and consequences of reporting research misconduct: The role of power relations. Science and Engineering Ethics. 2020 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1353-3452 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1353-3452 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1471-5546 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10642/8191 | |
dc.description.abstract | While attention to research integrity has been growing over the past decades, the processes of signalling and denouncing cases of research misconduct remain largely unstudied. In this article, we develop a theoretically and empirically informed under-standing of the causes and consequences of reporting research misconduct in terms of power relations. We study the reporting process based on a multinational survey at eight European universities (N = 1126). Using qualitative data that witnesses of research misconduct or of questionable research practices provided, we aim to exam-ine actors’ rationales for reporting and not reporting misconduct, how they report it and the perceived consequences of reporting. In particular we study how research seniority, the temporality of work appointments, and gender could impact the likeli-hood of cases being reported and of reporting leading to constructive organisational changes. Our findings suggest that these aspects of power relations play a role in the reporting of research misconduct. Our analysis contributes to a better understanding of research misconduct in an academic context. Specifically, we elucidate the pro-cesses that affect researchers’ ability and willingness to report research misconduct, and the likelihood of universities taking action. Based on our findings, we outline specific propositions that future research can test as well as provide recommenda-tions for policy improvement. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work was supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, grant agreement number 665926 (PRINTEGER). | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Springer Verlag | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Science and Engineering Ethics;Published 26 February 2020 | |
dc.relation.uri | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11948-020-00202-8 | |
dc.rights | This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. | en |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | Research integrity | en |
dc.subject | Research misconduct | en |
dc.subject | Whistleblowing | en |
dc.subject | Power relations | en |
dc.subject | Organisations | en |
dc.title | On the willingness to and consequences of reporting research misconduct: The role of power relations | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.updated | 2020-02-27T16:04:37Z | |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11948-020-00202-8 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1794330 | |
dc.source.journal | Science and Engineering Ethics | |
dc.relation.projectID | EC/H2020: 665926 |
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