Higher education…

Honesty researcher committed research misconduct, according to newly unsealed Harvard report

“…Internal investigation released during Francesca Gino’s legal proceedings against Harvard Business School. Francesca Gino is pursuing a $25 million lawsuit against the Harvard Business School and the data sleuths who uncovered issues with her work…”

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Harvard Business School’s Damning Unsealed Report On Francesca Gino

“…After reviewing the available evidence and interviewing Professor Gino and several witnesses, the Investigation Committee has determined, by a preponderance of the evidence, that Professor Gino significantly departed from accepted practices of the relevant research community and committed research misconduct intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly, with regard to all five allegations examined herein,” according to the report. The panel went on to conclude that the “severity of the research misconduct” called for “appropriately severe institutional action.” It recommended that HBS Dean Srikant Datar “consider placing Professor Gino immediately on an unpaid leave and initiating steps to termination of employment.”…”

Doug Santo