Fraud
Subtitle: Deceit Among Scientists, Academics, Writers, and Philanthropists
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: October 28, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780761838586
Subjects: General; Non-Classifiable; International Relations - Diplomacy; Science & Technology; Law; Politics / Current Events
Description: "While fraud is generally associated with the business world, this book demonstrates that there is also a good deal of fraud and deception among scientists, writers and philanthropists. Scientists will sometimes announce fraudulent findings in order to raise money for additional research projects." "Likewise, authors and journalists may commit fraud by claiming that they saw something that they did not see or that an event occurred which never happened. There are also writers who steal the work of others and publish such material under their own name." "There are executives of charitable organizations who steal the money donated to a charitable cause and there are clergy who steal from the members of their own parish, or sell objects that do not belong to them. Some members of the clergy use their trusted office to gain sexual favors from congregants while others entertain their friends at the expense of their congregations." "This work is well documented and demonstrates that the notion of the aloof scientists or holy clergy may be no more than a myth, and that even in these professions all things are not what they seem."--Jacket.