Scientific misconduct is a serious issue that has resulted in hefty fines, ruined reputations and even prison sentences.
To be honest we included this in the Resource Library primarily because we were intrigued by the ethics of the described experiment. The film is also now on our ‘to watch’ list.
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But just how dishonest are we as humans? Can you even measure dishonesty? And do existing peer-review and ethics guidelines deter researchers from heading down this path?
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With these questions in mind, Darren Sugrue, Marketing Communications Manager, Elsevier, reached out to Professor Dan Ariely and Yael Melamede (producer of Oscar-winning Inocente) and asked them to share some of their findings while making the recent documentary (Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies.
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