SCIENTIFIC WHISTLEBLOWERS STRESS THAT THE MEDIA ARE A LAST RESORT

Authors
GOODMAN B
Citation
B. Goodman, SCIENTIFIC WHISTLEBLOWERS STRESS THAT THE MEDIA ARE A LAST RESORT, The Scientist, 10(6), 1996, pp. 1
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Information Science & Library Science","Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
The Scientist → ACNP
ISSN journal
08903670
Volume
10
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0890-3670(1996)10:6<1:SWSTTM>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The last resort: Whistleblowers in scientific misconduct cases say the y agree with research administrators and established researchers that going through proper institutional channels is the optimal way to hand le allegations of wrongdoing; but when they feel the process is not wo rking properly, taking their charges public is sometimes the only way to set things right, they contend.