Science under pressure: problematic behaviours and social harms

Autors/ores

  • Rita Faria Escola de Criminologia da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade do Porto School of Criminology - Faculty of Law of the University of Porto

Resum

This paper will suggest the use of the Social Harm Approach (Hillyard, Pantazis, Tobs & Gordon, 2004) to problematic behaviours occurring in scientific research and higher education teaching. By analyzing data collected through interviews to scholars, it is possible to state that fabrication, falsification and plagiarism are the most criticized deviant behaviours in science. It is less common for actors to consider other problematic behaviours arising from the pressure (to publish, to get grants) felt by them and originated at the heart of the organizations devoted to science. Or problematic behaviours created on the intersection of universities, corporations and/or the state (ex. commissioned research). Also, those interviewed did not have a coherent view on the rules governing science and higher education. Thus, considering the scattering of (individual and organizational) problematic behaviours and rules governing them, a new approach will be put forward, one by which processes of scientific production and dissemination must be considered according to the social harms (financial, economic, physical) they may cause.

Biografia de l'autor/a

Rita Faria, Escola de Criminologia da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade do Porto School of Criminology - Faculty of Law of the University of Porto

Assistente na Escola de Criminologia da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade do Porto

Descàrregues

Publicades

2014-09-29