@emma_cogdev@NicoleCRust I followed the case here in Holland when it was unfolding. It lookes like Diederik Stapel has never cared a lot about truth or the consequences of his behavior for other people, like his (junior) collaborators. Perhaps the publish or perish culture enabled this, but Stapel is not one of the normal scientists going astray. One of the (3) dutch Committees that investigated the fraud states:
"In discussions at lab meetings, critical questions in the direction of data collection were not appreciated. In this regard, Mr. Stapel was always clear in his communication when one should stop asking questions. Several doctoral students also indicated in interviews with the Levelt Committee that Mr. Stapel abused his position of power to silence them. To one research master's student, who found suspicious patterns in the data, Mr. Stapel indicated, 'If you want to be hired here, you have to show that you can finish something and just write down the results.'"
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