Reasons And Solutions Study On Research Misconduct Behavior In China

With the rapid development of science, some problems emerge in the process of science. As one of the most serious issues, research misconduct catches more and more attention from the society and becomes the hot topic in many countries. Research misconduct affects the healthy development of science and also brings a series of other issues, for instance especially academic corruption. If research misconduct isn't be in the effective control, it will damage the atmosphere of science and impede scientific progress. The essay emphasizes on various definitions of research misconduct, different forms and its harm on society. Also the article analyses the shaping factors and proposes the solutions.Firstly, in order to describe what is the research misconduct, it's necessary to know rules and characteristics of scientific research. So the author makes the introduction about scientific research.Secondly, as there isn't a standard description about definition, the essay shows the definition of research misconduct described by different countries. Especially the author makes the difference between the research misconduct and honest mistake. Also in this part the author summarizes the forms and harms of misconduct in different research stage by typical examples and uses the diagram clearly shows the forms of misconducts in research.Thirdly, the thesis focuses on analyzing subjective and objective factors that cause research misconduct. Among subjective factors, lack of integrity, unbearable pressure from competition, distorted values made by interest, and deterioration of scientific ethics are the reasons. Objective factors include defects in systems which manage scientific research institutes, scientific review that is unscientific and so on.As we know, the misconduct in science research spreads quickly. So at last, the essay discuses how to deal with the research misconduct. The ways contains to improve management systems, to perfect evaluation system and reward system, to cultivate scientific spirit, as well as to strengthen scientific moral. By these ways research misconduct will be controled effectively.