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Should Sociologists Stand Up for Science? Absolutely!
Author(s) -
Ruane Janet M.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
sociological forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1573-7861
pISSN - 0884-8971
DOI - 10.1111/socf.12394
Subject(s) - sociology , obligation , field (mathematics) , moral obligation , social science , political science , law , mathematics , pure mathematics
Standing up for science is part of sociology's mission as a social science. Standing up is also consistent with our field's ethical obligation to identify and avoid research compromised by conflict of interests.