Articles on Law, Science, and Engineering

Scientific Misconduct, Part 6 - Constitutional Rights Revisited

by Charles Walter, Ph.D. & Edward P. Richards III, 12 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine #1, pg. 130 (March 1993)

This series of articles discusses the federal statutes and regulations on scientific misconduct, the effect of these laws on researchers, and how to manage the risk. These laws apply to everyone who receives federal funding of works for an institution that receives federal funding. Persons who are investigated may lose substantial time from their research, incur large legal fees, be subjected to public humiliation, and discover unwanted epitaphs to their careers. Persons who have violated their provisions can be banned from receiving federal funds and are subject to criminal prosecution.

INDEX

• Abb's Appeal
• The Government's Appeal
• Subject Matter Jurisdiction
• No Other Adequate Judicial Remedy
• Imminent Irreparable Harm
• The Effect of Abbs
• Warnings to Researchers & Federal Agencies
• Responses
• Predictions