Someone had asked if there was ever criminal posecution as in 3 billion
GSK case
Here's a great example of someone who not only received the more
"typical" types of punishments from ORI, but he also faced Criminal
charges in the U.S.
Eric Poehlman, former University of Vermont nutrition researcher. His
case is now used as a case example for many ethics training programs at
US universities:
1. Lifetime disbarment from federal funding, federal contracts, federal
subcontracts, federal committees, etc., and mandatory retraction of 10
papers.
U.S. Federal Register:
https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2005/03/24/05-5876/findings-of-sci
entific-misconduct
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1. Criminal charges: Ordered to pay nearly $200,000 in restitution (not
nearly enough, imho, compared to the nearly $3M in grants he received!)
1. Criminal charges: One year in federal prison, followed by two years
of probation. He's the first researcher in the U.S. sentenced to prison
for scientific misconduct (horray!).
New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/22/magazine/22sciencefraud.html?pagewanted=a
ll
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Science: http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2006/06/28-01.html
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Best,
Amy
On 8/1/12 8:23 AM, "Michael Power" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Sorry, the conjunction of these two articles tickles my sense of irony
>and appreciation of chutzpah, so I had to share them.
>
>
>The first article from The New Yorker went into my collection recently
>because it is a nicely told story about how most scientific results
>are eventually found to be much less exciting than the original media
>reports - the work of John Ioannidis features prominently.
>
> "The truth wears off - Is there something wrong with the scientific
>method?"
>
> http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/12/13/101213fa_fact_lehrer
>
>
>
>The second article from The Telegraph reveals the first author as a
>"serial plagiarist and fabricator of stories", and shows that
>journalists are at least as susceptible to the temptation to
>exaggerate and invent facts as scientists
>
>
>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/the-daily-beast/9442846/Jayson-Blai
>r-Jonah-Lehrers-resignation-mirrors-my-own.html
>
>
>Michael
>
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