Professor Anders EkbomKarolinska InstitutetDepartment of Medicine - SolnaClinical Epidemiology UnitKarolinska University Hospital

Fifty Shades of Deceit –

Transparancy, Accountability and Public Perception of Research

Misconduct

ESOF 2014

Copenhagen 2014-06-25

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Innocent until proven guilty!

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Scientific misconduct is not a crime, …

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… but it sells !

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Confessions of scientific misconduct

– it does not happen !

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”Bad Apple”

Downplay

Hide

Marginalize (”Hang”) the Whistle-blower

(1-2 years)

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Meet the press ?

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Case serie of fraudulent research in

10 Scandinavian research groups

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Male/female 7/4

External/internal whistle-blower 6/4

Maltreatment of whistle-blower, yes/no 8/2

Inbreeding 7/2

Prior fraud, yes/no 9/1

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Open seminars

Yes/no 0/10

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1. Media exists!

2. You need lawyers!

3. It is costly and time consuming!

4. You have to be an outsider!

5. Investigating is different from research!

What did I learn?

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1. It will happen again !

2. It will happen again !!

3. It will happen again !!!

Strategies for the future