ABSTRACT
Despite an increased focus on scientifi c practice in the philosophy of science in recent years, there has been relatively little focus on mal practices such as intentional fraud or gross negligence. 1 This is the more striking because malpractice in research-both in the form of outright misconduct such as fraud and deceit and in the form of the so-called “grey zone” behavior such as sloppiness and incompetence-has been a topic of growing concern both among scientists themselves and among politicians, administrators, and in the general population (for an overview of this development, see, e.g., Steneck, 1994, 1999).
