Business Research

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Business Research

The article "Developing a Knowledge Base on Integrity in Research and Scholarship" (Frankel 2003), elaborates on the importance of research integrity. Research is the study generated by gathering information to understand phenomena in different settings.

Frankel, talks about several high profile incidents, extending from plagiarism to fabrication of scientific data. One of the instances was the case of Jessie Gelsinger, a teenager who volunteered for experimental gene treatment therapy by the University of Pennsylvania and who died within weeks of treatment. The violation of integrity by the university was failure to provide information as to the various risks with the treatment. One reason to justify...