Swift justice salvages reputations
Kaiser, J.
Science 274(5286): 338
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0036-8075 PMID: 8927988 Document Number: 459290
A survey conducted by the Research Triangle Institute in North Carolina and commissioned by the Department of Health and Human Service's Office of Research Integrity (ORI) suggests that scientists who had faced and were cleared of misconduct charges did not always emerge with their reputations intact. The survey was based on questionnaires completed by 54 of 108 people with closed cases at ORI. According to the survey, 57 percent of those researchers exonerated of misconduct charges said they had not suffered lasting professional damage, but 39 percent said they were still dealing with the consequences.