Social Costs of Non-Responsible Research

Sylvie Faucheux, Caroline Gans Combe (), Catherine Kuszla and Martin O’Connor
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Sylvie Faucheux: Inseec U Paris
Caroline Gans Combe: Reihoo
Catherine Kuszla: University of Paris Nanterre
Martin O’Connor: University of Paris Saclay

Chapter 11 in Responsible Organizations in the Global Context, 2019, pp 199-219 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter addresses a double set of issues: (1) research misconduct of persons and organisations directly engaged in the practice of scientific research and (2) responsible research, meaning activities of discovery and innovation respectful of wider societal values. These two topics are clearly intertwined; but they are not the same. Drawing on results of the European DEFORM Project, we clarify the distinction between, and the inter-relations of, these two concepts. To highlight misconduct relative to “internal” standards of good science, we look at the phenomenon of research fraud. Then we turn to the call for responsible innovation relative to contemporary ecological and societal challenges of sustainability. Although two domains engage distinct considerations of integrity and responsibility in society, we can link them with a broad vision of “social costs” provoked by non-responsible research, thus providing a unified framework for addressing quality assurance for science in society.

Keywords: DEFORM Project; Fraud; Governance; Knowledge quality assessment; Research misconduct; Responsible innovation; Social costs; Sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-11458-9_11

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