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Scientific Misconduct in Japan: The Present Paucity of Oversight Policy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 May 2006

BRIAN TAYLOR SLINGSBY ,
SATOSHI KODAMA  and
AKIRA AKABAYASHI
BRIAN TAYLOR SLINGSBY
Affiliation:
University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
SATOSHI KODAMA
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Ethics at the School of Health Science and Nursing, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
AKIRA AKABAYASHI
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Ethics at the School of Health Science and Nursing, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Scientific misconduct can jeopardize scientific progress and destroy the credibility and reputation of academic institutions and their faculty and students; ultimately it can compromise scientific integrity and result in a loss of confidence for the entire scientific community. Only recently in Japan has scientific misconduct become a central public topic. This increased attention to the topic, in turn, has highlighted a paucity of ethical standards within the Japanese scientific community and a lack of an apt process for conflict resolution. In this brief report, we first provide an overview of several high-profile cases of scientific misconduct recently uncovered in Japan. Next we consider how a recent rise in competition within the academic and scientific communities is possibly related to a concurrent increase in reported cases of scientific misconduct. Last, after discussing what actions have already been taken, we recommend further actions needed to deal with the problem of scientific misconduct in Japan.

Type
SPECIAL SECTION: INTERNATIONAL VOICES 2006
Information
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , July 2006 , pp. 294 - 297
Copyright
© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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