A rhetorical analysis of apologies for scientific misconduct: Do they really mean it?

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 175-184

  Souder, Lawrence ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apology; Ethics; Research misconduct; Rhetoric

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MORALITY; PEER REVIEW; PERCEPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SEMANTICS; SHAME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SYMBOLISM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EDITORIAL POLICIES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTENTION; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PLAGIARISM; RETRACTION OF PUBLICATION AS TOPIC; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SEMANTICS; SHAME; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; VIRTUES;

EID: 77949285126     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 16605454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-009-9149-y     Document Type: Article

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