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Interesting blog post at the link: <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.worldeconomicsassociation.org/newsletterarticles/integrity-and-research/">http://www.worldeconomicsassociation.org/newsletterarticles/integrity-and-research/</a><br>
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Quote:<br>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In 2011, George DeMartino
published the book<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i
style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Economist’s Oath: On the
Need for and Content of Professional Economic Ethics</i>. In the
book DeMartino argues for the importance of establishing a new
field of critical inquiry that examines the ethical requirements
of economic practice. In Chapter 1 of the book he states:</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; color:
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">“The Economics Profession
today has an enormous impact on the life chances of people across
the globe: one that is far greater than that of most other
professions. It is not always the impact that economists hope to
have, to be sure, not least since economists’ prescriptions are
often distorted in the political arena, but it is considerable
nonetheless” (pg. 4).</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; color:
rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;
font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 15px;
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">And yet, as DeMartino
argues, leading economists have not had five minutes training in
what it means to be an ethical economist, or what it would mean
for economics to be an ethical profession. Given the extent of its
influence in the world, the failure of economics to engage its
ethical duties and the ethical challenges its members face
represents a gross professional ethical failure. In this regard,
as DeMartino argues elsewhere, economics can be considered a
“rogue” profession.</p>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. . . .<br>
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We would like to invite economists, of all orientations and
beliefs</b><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;
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255);">,</b><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to join us. We
aim to provide a forum for discussion and generate debate to
counter dishonest academic behaviour and to promote sound research
practices in economics. The scope includes challenging accepted
conventions and standards that are seriously flawed and produce
misleading results.<br>
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Institute for Multi-Level Governance and Development
Department of Socioeconomics
WU/Vienna University of Economics and Business
Austria
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