Michael Munford has done work in this area and this article discusses factors related to the ones you mention:
Michael D. Mumford , Stephen T. Murphy , Shane Connelly , Jason H. Hill , Alison L. Antes , Ryan P. Brown & Lynn D. Devenport (2007). Environmental Influences on Ethical Decision Making: Climate and Environmental Predictors of Research Integrity . Ethics and Behavior 17 (4):337 – 366. It is commonly held that early career experiences influence ethical behavior. One way early career experiences might operate is to influence the decisions people make when presented with problems that raise ethical concerns. To test this proposition, 102 first-year doctoral students were asked to complete a series of measures examining ethical decision making along with a series of measures examining environmental experiences and climate perceptions. Factoring of the environmental measure yielded five dimensions: professional leadership, poor coping, lack of rewards, limited competitive pressure, and poor career direction. Factoring of the climate inventory yielded four dimensions: equity, interpersonal conflict, occupational engagement, and work commitment. When these dimensions were used to predict performance on the ethical decision-making task, it was found that the environmental dimensions were better predictors than the climate dimensions. The implications of these findings for research on ethical conduct are discussed. Miguel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. Martin Bourgeois" <[email protected]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 11:26:29 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [tips] falsifying data reference Awhile back, I recall that someone posted a reference to a study looking at predictors of researchers falsifying data. As I recall, two of the best predictors were researchers not directly overseeing data collection and researchers putting much pressure on their students to confirm their hypotheses. I can't find it anywhere, and now I'm wondering if I'm experiencing a false memory. As I recall, it wasn't specific to psychology. Does anyone else have any idea what I'm talking about? --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c74e&n=T&l=tips&o=3047 or send a blank email to leave-3047-13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=3052 or send a blank email to leave-3052-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
