Misconduct in science and the German law.
In the past, only norms and rules developed for other types of illegal activities could be applied to misconduct in science in Germany. But only particularly blatant cases of misconduct can be dealt with efficiently in this way. Nowadays, a couple of very important funding agencies and research institutions have enacted special procedures that apply in cases of suspected scientific misconduct. A strongly decentralised system of dealing with misconduct in science is being established in Germany.
German Federal Ministry for Education and Research, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Hannoversche Strasse 28-30, D-10115 Berlin, Germany.
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D004989:Ethics; D005858:Germany; D015871:Scientific Misconduct / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*