Integrity and Misconduct in Academic Research in The Netherlands

Today's increased attention to integrity can be regarded as part of a more comprehensive professional culture. Yet in a desensitised and detached social climate, integrity is no longer self-evident as a core value of professional conduct. Examples of this shift are overabundant.Attention to scientific integrity fits in completely with this development. Yet what is scientific integrity actually? Is it important to pay so much attention to it? Which issues does it involve? Is anything known about the nature and scope of the problem? In this book Kees Schuyt explores the concept of 'integrity', describes cases of fraud and other types of dishonest behaviour in the practices of scientific research and formulates an explicit standard for circumstances where scientific integrity has been contravened. He delves into questions concerning plagiarism and provides a nuanced argument regarding the notion that self-plagiarism (re-using one's own texts) must be seen as misconduct. In addition, he answers the question as to how a scientific mind-set, which integrity is part of, can best be transmitted to students and new generations of researchers.Kees Schuyt is emeritus professor of sociology at University of Amsterdam. He chaired the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) committee that in September 2012 published the advisory report on academic integrity. From May 2006 to December 2014 he chaired the Dutch National Board for Research Integrity (Landelijk Orgaan Wetenschappelijke Integriteit, LOWI).This book is a translation of "Tussen fout en fraude. Integriteit en oneerlijk gedrag in wetenschappelijk onderzoek" (9789087282233)