Full Description
Authorial Ethics is a normative study that deals with the many ways in which writers abuse their commitment to truth and integrity. It is divided by academic discipline and includes chapters on journalism, history, literature, art, psychology, and science, among others. Robert Hauptman offers generalizations and theoretical remarks exemplified by specific cases. Two major abrogations are inadvertent error and purposeful misconduct, which is subdivided into falsification, fabrication, and plagiarism. All of these problems appear in most disciplines, although their negative impact is felt most potently in biomedical research and publication. Professor Mary Lefkowitz, the classicist, provides an incisive foreword.
Contents
Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Preface
Part 3 Preliminaries
Chapter 4 Chapter 1. Introduction
Part 5 The Humanities
Chapter 6 Chapter 2. Journalism
Chapter 7 Chapter 3. History
Chapter 8 Chapter 4. Life Writing
Chapter 9 Chapter 5. Literature
Chapter 10 Chapter 6. Art
Part 11 The Social Sciences
Chapter 12 Chapter 7. Psychology and Sociology
Chapter 13 Chapter 8. Anthropology
Part 14 The Sciences
Chapter 15 Chapter 9. Physics and Biomedicine
Part 16 Other Areas
Chapter 17 Chapter 10. Business and Economics
Chapter 18 Chapter 11. Law
Part 19 Extrapolation
Chapter 20 Chapter 12. A Concise Theory of Authorial Ethics
Chapter 21 Chapter 13. Concluding Remarks
