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Embattled by Data Fraud Allegations, Business School Professor Francesca Gino Files Defamation Suit Against Harvard | News | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard's Francesca Gino has many articles and books to her name, including "Rebel Talent: Why It Pays to Break the Rules in Work and Life."

The lawsuit, filed in US District Court in Boston, names Harvard Business School dean Srikant Datar as well as three authors of Data Colada, who alleged in a four-part series that four academic articles Gino cowrote contained fraudulent data.

With someone who studied honesty now accused of fraud, academics are sounding off on the flawed, clout-chasing studies rampant in behavioral science.

Dan Ariely and Francesca Gino are two of the biggest stars in behavioral science. Both have conducted blockbuster research into how to make people more honest, research we’ve highlighted on Plan...

Researchers have incentive to cut corners, driven by a pervasive “publish or perish” mentality in academia that sees success as a measure of how many papers they get published; that pressure can lead some to overlook their errors or even rationalize wrongdoing, said Michael Kalichman, a University of California, San Diego professor emeritus and founding director of its Research Ethics Program.

Researchers allege that Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino manipulated data in four of her studies, including one on dishonesty.

"Nudges," virtually invisible prompts that seek to change human behavior, aren’t going to solve big problems in society but they can help fix unknowingly bad behaviors.

The Harvard professor is now on administrative leave after a series of allegations about research fraud.

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