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abstract: 'Honesty is vital to scientific work and, clearly, most scientists are honest. However, recent publicity about cases involving cheating, including cases of falsification of data and plagiarism, raises some questions: Is cheating a problem? Does it affect management science? Should anything be done?'
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title: Cheating in Management Science (with Comments by M. K. Starr and M. J. Mahoney)
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