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When research teams disagree about exposing scientific misconduct

Three of us on the research team know that our lab director is suppressing data that contradicts the pharmaceutical company's preferred outcomes, but we can't agree on whether to go to the university administration, the funding agency, or try to publish independently. Our different career stages and family situations make the risks feel completely different for each of us.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

People who share intellectual integrity discover that their different life circumstances create incompatible approaches to protecting that integrity.

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