Table 2 Researchers’ attitudes and beliefs about scientific misconduct
Agree | Disagree | Don’t know | *Total no of resp. | +Non resp. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I am concerned about the amount of misconduct | 117 (88.6%) | 4 (3.0%) | 11 (8.4%) | 132 | 1 |
I think the responsibility for the scientific integrity of a study lies with the principal investigator only | 16 (12.2%) | 112 (84.8%) | 4 (3.0%) | 132 | 1 |
All professional education programmes should include information about standards of research ethics | 128 (98.4%) | 1 (0.8%) | 1 (0.8%) | 130 | 3 |
I feel uncomfortable talking with researchers about unethical behaviour | 12 (9.3%) | 109 (83.8%) | 9 (6.9%) | 130 | 3 |
Dishonesty and misrepresentation of data are common in society and do not really hurt any body | 9 (7.0%) | 114 (88.3%) | 6 (4.7%) | 129 | 4 |