A new #ForBetterScience post about two Ukrainian #PaperMills:
👉 https://forbetterscience.com/2023/09/04/ukrainian-papermills-symptom-not-a-cause/
It's a shame that at a time when many 🇺🇦 scientists are fighting and dying at the front, fraudsters from science are buying fake publications and citations, and post-Soviet rectors are also signing agreements with these parasites!
#forbetterscience #PaperMills #ghostwriting #misconduct #coauthorship4sale
Declining integrity standards a national problem
"Politicians, whatever their persuasion, are reluctant to see themselves exposed to investigation, to the identification of failings."
"In an exclusive in-depth interview with 7.30, Mr Redlich explained why the reforms he proposed to strengthen the agency are vital to upholding integrity in the state. Mr Redlich's investigations brought the dark underbelly of decision-makers and those in power out of the shadows."
"He and other anti-corruption commissioners have identified the hollowing out and marginalisation of the public service and the rise of a shadow workforce of political advisors."
"Robert Redlich has expressed his disappointment about reforms not passing in parliament." He "says raising the bar for public hearings has weakened IBAC
Integrity standards have deteriorated in several states..."
"The change would allow probes into grey-level corruption that may not be illegal but still represent serious misconduct."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-22/robert-redlich-ibac-vic-government-missed-opportunity-730/102762376
#PublicService #politician #DecisionMakers #misconduct #corruption #IBAC #watchdog #AntiCorruptionCommission #governance #PublicInterest #transparency
#publicservice #politician #decisionmakers #misconduct #corruption #ibac #watchdog #anticorruptioncommission #governance #publicinterest #transparency
Wynn's misconduct ends
In a legal battle's fray
$10 million settlement
#stevewynn #misconduct #settlement #lasvegas #haiku #poetry
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/las-vegas-casino-mogul-steve-wynn-pay-10m-101702284
#SteveWynn #misconduct #settlement #lasvegas #haiku #poetry
#LeonardLeo helped #fund #media campaign lionizing #ClarenceThomas
The 25th anniversary of Thomas’s #SCOTUS confirmation was approaching — a moment that would draw attn to his accomplishments on the bench but also to the #misconduct claims that had nearly derailed his rise.
#conservative #JudicialActivism #LeonardLeo #FederalistSociety #DarkMoney #SCOTUS
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/07/20/leonard-leo-clarence-thomas-paoletta/
#leonardleo #fund #media #clarencethomas #scotus #misconduct #conservative #judicialactivism #federalistsociety #darkmoney
Police officers are in positions to weild authority over people in ways that can wreck havoc on those people's futures, health, families, communities, and even lives.
Bad law enforcement officers should not be allowed to abuse this power in secret.
Make police misconduct records public.
#police #lawenforcement #leobor #reform #misconduct #transparency #accountability #delaware
#delaware #accountability #transparency #misconduct #reform #leobor #lawenforcement #police
#Trump #lawyers face #disbarment for #insurrection - But No - they may choose to stop practicing - so why are they special? #misconduct #illegalconduct while #practicinglaw #inequity is rampant in America. #Guiliani #Lin Wood
#trump #lawyers #disbarment #insurrection #misconduct #illegalconduct #practicinglaw #inequity #guiliani #lin
#usaf #oklahoma #mishap #misconduct #louisiana #fighter #f16 #drummond #crash #airforce
#usaf #oklahoma #mishap #misconduct #louisiana #fighter #f16 #drummond #crash #airforce
#usaf #oklahoma #mishap #misconduct #louisiana #fighter #f16 #drummond #crash #airforce
California "finally" requires #attorneys to report #misconduct to the State Bar. https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/california-attorney-misconduct-18165717.php
by #DanLawton in #MountainStateSpotlight (published April 3rd):
"Sometime last year, an anonymous letter was sent to the office of Gov. Jim Justice, alleging over a dozen incidents of misconduct within the State Police. It detailed drunken fights, office affairs, misspent funds, overtime theft, sexual assaults, and how a trooper had installed a hidden camera in the women’s locker room at the State Police Training Academy.
"The letter worked its way through the state government like a slow-burning fuse. In the last few weeks, it has exploded. After the letter was sent to legislators and described by media outlets in mid-February, the governor confirmed several acts of misconduct among troopers. State Police Superintendent Jan Cahill has resigned under pressure from Justice. And State Police have arrested a trooper on domestic violence charges, which his attorney says are retaliation for speaking out."
https://mountainstatespotlight.org/2023/04/03/wv-state-police-scandal-explained/
#WestVirginia #police #scandal #misconduct #SexualAssault #rape #JimJustice
#DanLawton #mountainstatespotlight #westvirginia #police #scandal #misconduct #sexualassault #rape #jimjustice
How can we improve the odds of blocking or identifying research #misconduct?
https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/phrs.2023.1605601/full
Among the suggestions here: #authors should openly share #data, #code, and #preprints. #Journals should usually require it. #Indexing services should reward the journals that do.
#PeerReview #opensource #opendata #openaccess #Indexing #journals #preprints #code #data #authors #misconduct
If someone had written this as a movie script people would have thought it was too on the nose and unrealistic: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/24/business/economy/francesca-gino-harvard-dishonesty.html
Via @kjhealy, a detailed report of research misconduct:
Money quote: “Two different people independently faked data for two different studies in a paper about dishonesty.”
“The entire #grandjury process was flawed. This entire investigation is irreparably tainted by #government #misconduct. The case, therefore, should be dismissed or, at a minimum, the #prosecutor should be disqualified.”
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2023/06/13/how-trump-could-fight-00101670
#grandjury #government #misconduct #prosecutor
Hey, America!
#RussellBrown announced he's stepping down as a #justice of #Canada's #SupremeCourt effective immediately—a move that comes aftr #CanadianJudicialCouncil (CJC) began probing a claim o #misconduct directed against Brown related 2 an incident in the #US
Brown's decision to step down from Canada's top court means the #CJC's investigation of an alleged alcohol-fuelled incident in #Arizona will come 2 an end w/o any report on the matter.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/russell-brown-supreme-court-justice-resigns-1.6873402
#russellbrown #justice #canada #supremecourt #canadianjudicialcouncil #misconduct #us #cjc #arizona #impeachclarencethomas
Former Trump attorney reveals damning evidence of #prosecutorial #misconduct in #specialcounsel probe.
https://rumble.com/v2t6d5c-ex-trump-attorney-reveals-damning-evidence-of-prosecutorial-misconduct-in-s.html
#prosecutorial #misconduct #specialcounsel
#MarjorieTaylorGreene may have "committed a #crime" when she bragged about #misconduct on #Fox, says attorney
https://boingboing.net/2023/06/09/marjorie-taylor-greene-may-have-committed-a-crime-when-she-bragged-about-misconduct-on-fox-says-attorney.html
#marjorietaylorgreene #crime #misconduct #fox
#Abuse, #overtime and #misconduct: why the #videogame industry needs #unions
https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/59959/1/why-the-video-game-industry-needs-unions
#abuse #overtime #misconduct #videogame #unions