Conflict of interest: none. In an editorial on scientific misconduct, Glina points out two important issues: the pressure to publish for attainment of academic positions, and the difficulty of detecting fraud in scientific research(1). The editorial agrees with our experience in Russia, where no articles have been retracted so far. During the 1990s, detection of scientific misconduct seemed to ...

Abstract The act of whistleblowing is not common in Nigeria; this can be attributed to the cultural norms Nigerian society where deference paid those positions power and it often viewed as taboo speak up against them. This problem speaking further compounded by lack robust legislation which protects whistleblowers from reprisals. need protect was brought forefront after implementation 2016 stop...

The aim of this article is to study the role judges and their impact on retaliation processes initiated by organisations against whistleblowers. More specifically, we question normative logics used validate or invalidate such processes. To end, cross-check analyse judicial data from LuxLeaks case (2010–2018). Our results firstly enable us establish a relationship between, one hand, interpretati...

• The tradeoff between fairness and loyalty corresponds to whistleblowing decisions. • Experimental and dispositional variation in this tradeoff maps onto whistleblowing. • Five studies demonstrate this previously undocumented relationship. • These results shed light on a novel psychological determinant of whistleblowing. a b s t r a c t a r t i c l e i n f o Whistleblowing – reporting another ...