Institutional Reactions to Fraudulent Research: A Preliminary Social Control Perspective

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Abstract

We examine issues of fraud in research within the framework of controlology. Given our data base and previous work we suggest that institutional responses to cases of fraud may actually present an interesting case of reversed controlology. That is, too little control.

Authors

• Nachman Ben-Yehuda, Hebrew University

• Amalya Oliver-Lumerman, Hebrew University