In summarizing the advice, you indicate that the academy advises beginning researchers that "if they suspect a colleague of violating the ethical standards of the scientific community, they have 'an unmistakable obligation to act'-that is, to blow the whistle on the misconduct." Your article suggests that the consequences of such action were not adequately considered in the report. However, throughout the document we felt a responsibility to be fair and honest with young scientists making difficult decisions concerning misconduct.
As chairman of the committee that developed this project, I would like to point out two shortcomings of this article:
First, the full context of the section that describes how to respond to violations of ethical standards was not presented. I would encourage readers to refer to the entire section and the related case study, and its discussion. Briefly, your summary of the committee's guidance failed to go beyond the first ...
