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Conclusion: NSF National Science Foundation uses an open-ended that contains the phrase "other serious deviation from accepted. " To date, this definition has worked successfully. One of its major is that it leaves the agency the possibility of taking action when case arises that is not on some short list of types of misconduct. It is to ask how NSF understands this definition, how it was applied in a case, and what safeguards there are against abuse. If the Academy Academy of Sciences panel had asked, it might have produced more recommendations and might have advanced the discussion of this subject more than it did. Those who work on misconduct cases will always need the and insights of their colleagues in the broader scientific community. those who wish to make useful policy recommendations also need the of those with day-to-day experience in this highly controversial.
Donald E. Buzzelli (Fri,) studied this question.