As someone on the fringes of the academic world but who has completed
quite a few contracted research studies, may I suggest that a great deal
of good research is never 'published'. Most of which I do has never
been published in an academic journal, not so much because the
government department, NGO, or commercial body does not want it to be so
published but more commonly because after I have done the work I move on
to the next job. On the other hand, as Jordan below says, a few of my
reports have been seemingly copied by 'academics' to generate articles
within which the original 'unpublished' report received no
acknowledgement. And that, as he says, is unethical.
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Jordan Panayotov said the following on 11/03/2011 10:27 AM:
> There is a common misconception that something has value and
> represents a truth ONLY if it is published in a peer-reviewed journal.
>
> There are countless cases to illustrate the opposite: non-truth is
> being published in peer-reviewed journals and many published works
> with little or no value.
>
> Research may not have been published for many different reasons,
> including, for example, sabotaging someone's work.
>
> There is absolutely nothing unethical to refer to works which are not
> published in peer-reviewed literature.
>
> What is UNETHICAL is to use such works without acknowledging the
> source, which regrettably happens also among the peer-reviewed
> publications.
>
> Jordan
>
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> Director
> Independent Centre for Analysis & Research of Economies
> Melbourne, Australia
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawes, Martin" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 7:28 AM
> Subject: unpublished research - is it ethical
>
>
> Dear all
> I am reviewing ethics applications from residents that involve human
> subjects. An anxiety I have is that although the research may get done
> it may not be published. Is this in itself unethical?
> By published I mean somewhere that you will find it when you search
> the web - so might include on line grey literature and items such as
> resident conference abstracts from posters.
> I realise that this is the EBH list and not ethics but it has some of
> the most thoughtful responses of the discussion lists I have looked at.
> Thanks -
> Martin
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