Hi,
Although highly relevant for public perception of science, the
Guttenberg scandal seems to be mostly ignored in the english-speaking
world... it has been brewing for a few weeks, but now it seems about to
erupt into an open fight between the scientific community and the
government.
In the last few days there have been press releaseses by all major
funding and research organisations as well as editorials in science
magazines, demanding that the government takes scientific integrity
seriously and that scientific plagiarism is not just a minor offence,
but should have serious consequences - even if the perpetrator is a
slick and popular politician.
The only English comment I can find is here:
"it's about the reputation of the German academic system"
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14871392,00.html
Unfortunately I can't other a good English summaries - perhaps some
British journalist would like to take that up?
Here are misc. statements in German from the scientific community:
German Research Foundation: "Science relies on truthfulness, integrity
and trust"
http://www.dfg.de/dfg_profil/reden_stellungnahmen/2011/110225_stellungnahme_plagiate_fehlverhalten/index.html
German Association of University Teachers (DHV):
"DHV is appalled that plagiarism is not taken seriously"
http://www.hochschulverband.de/cms1/pressemitteilung+M55f181284f8.html
Carsten Könneker, spektrumdirekt:
"This is not a good advert for politics. But the biggest damage is done
to science."
http://www.wissenschaft-online.de/artikel/1064890&_z=859070
Hope people find this interesting.
Cheers
Stephan
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Stephan Matthiesen
http://www.stephan-matthiesen.de
Neu auf www.science-texts.de: Da ist der Wurm drin - Februarmuster
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