ASA:Scientific Integrity

Joseph Carson (73530.2350@compuserve.com)
30 Sep 96 19:00:16 EDT

I downloaded this, with permission, from the Government
Accountability Project (GAP) Web Site
<www.accessone.com/gap/www/scientif.htm.>

If ASA is going to advocate that ASA'ers, individually and
collectively be be "salt, light, and leaven" in their workplaces
and professions, should ASA be involved with this issue?

Joe Carson, P.E.

Scientific Integrity

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--------- Research scientist Dr. Suzanne Hadley was the Deputy
Director of the Office of Scientific Integrity at the National
Institutes of Health. Before her forced removal from her
position, Dr. Hadley headed official investigations into
scientific misconduct. When she investigated a Nobel Laureate,
her career ended, even though she confirmed allegations made
against him. Overview
G.A.P.'s scientific integrity program protects whistleblowers
within the research sciences who have spoken out against the
pervasive problem of scientific misconduct, misuse of funds,
abuse of authority, or the suppression or manipulation of
scientific data at government agencies, in states or major
research facilities that rely on government grants. According to
the research scientists with whom we have worked, significant
research breakthroughs over the past decade, including those
related to breast cancer, diabetes, anorexia nervosa, and AIDS,
have been stalled, undermined, or impeded. For several years now,
G.A.P. has worked with scientists and researchers to expose and
rectify this wrongdoing. G.A.P.'s advocacy on behalf of
scientific whistleblowers prompted Congress in 1993 to create the
Commission on Research Integrity to explore and create new
standards and guidelines to address this pervasive problem.
Recent Accomplishments
* In early 1994, G.A.P. attorney Tom Devine was appointed by
Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala to serve
on the new Commission on Research Integrity.
* G.A.P. crafted a Whistleblower's Bill of Rights for the
Commission, adopted unanimously.
* GAP attorneys worked informally to compel the withdrawal of
a National Institutes of Health reprimand against well-known
scientific misconduct sleuths Ned Feder and Walter Stewart.
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