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International - Activity
Science Council of Japan Addresses Misconduct
Volume 11, No. 4, September 2003
The first comprehensive report on research
misconduct in Japan recommends that allegations of research misconduct
be investigated by third-party committees run by national ministries
or scientific societies rather than universities and institutes,
according to Science. (301:153).
The
report further recommends that universities and institutes create
clear guidelines to replace unwritten rules on scientific conduct.
The report was issued by the Science Council of Japan (SCJ) because
of the increasing number of research misconduct cases in Japan.
Created in 1949 to promote science, the SCJ, composed of 210 elected
scientists, is attached to the government, but operates independently.
The problem is exacerbated, according to the report, by a cultural
reluctance to confront eminent scientists engaged in questionable
activity and the bonds formed through lifetime service to a single
institution.
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