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Section One: Ethical Issues in Research

CASE STUDY: Expedience, Misrepresentation, or Falsification?

Attempt to publish the findings omitting the questionable samples.

This choice is ethically permitted. While not ideal, Dr. Leyos is meeting role-related-responsibilities by presenting the results of the experiment in an accurate, reproducible way, even if the results were less than one would have hoped. Although Dr. Leyos would be ethically and legally required to report disconfirming data, these results are ambiguous, not disconfirming.

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