Problem
Unethical intellectual practices
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Intellectual corruptionAcademic scandal
Intellectual fraud
Intellectual blackmail
Intellectual crime
Academic misconduct
Illegal intellectual activity
Nature:
Intellectual capacity can be misused, for commercial or immoral purposes, to: achieve indoctrination; promote oneself and one's own interests at the expense of others; obtain high profits without due regard to the consequences; devise inhumane uses of scientific techniques; develop brainwashing and torture techniques; develop weapons and sophisticated warfare techniques; develop information against the public interest in favour of vested interest.
Broader Problems:
CorruptionUnethical practices Narrower Problems:
PlagiarismDeconstructionScientific misconductAvoidance of copyrightCorruption of documentsInappropriate argumentsDeceptive misuse of researchPoliticization of scholarshipUnethical practices in economicsEndorsement of false government claimsUnethical practice in historical disciplines Related Problems:
Religion as an opiate Aggravates:
Corruption of meaningIrresponsible researchUnethical use of languageFaulty academic peer reviewUnethical practice of physicsMisuse of evolutionary theoriesUnethical practices in educationVulnerability of intellectual propertyUnethical practices in natural resource management Strategies:
Informing about fraudExposing academic scandalCovering-up academic scandalAbolishing unethical intellectual practicesResearching intellectual crimeBeing fraudulentEngaging in illegal intellectual activityEngaging in intellectual activityReprimanding academic misconduct Subject(s):
Education → Educational contentInnovative change → Change
Law → Legality
Social Activity → Intellectual work
Societal Problems → Corruption
Societal Problems → Crime
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
C: Cross-sectoral problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST