Lab Life - When Privileged Are a Minority, Equity Stands a Chance. Aalipour, A. Nature, 563(7732):473, November, 2018.
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[Excerpt] The unethical exploitation of others' work, particularly by individuals who benefit from social privilege, is all too common in the current 'winner takes all' model of research [...] Privilege and entitlement are self-propagating phenomena that thrive on over-representation. Their effects are tempered when the privileged are not in the majority. [...] Of course, diversity alone is no panacea. Skewed power dynamics are an almost inevitable consequence of the financial and reputational dependence [...], as well as of the hypercompetitive nature of scientific research [...]
@article{aalipourLabLifeWhen2018,
  title = {Lab Life - {{When}} Privileged Are a Minority, Equity Stands a Chance},
  author = {Aalipour, Amin},
  year = {2018},
  month = nov,
  volume = {563},
  pages = {473},
  issn = {0028-0836},
  doi = {10.1038/d41586-018-07453-3},
  abstract = {[Excerpt] The unethical exploitation of others' work, particularly by individuals who benefit from social privilege, is all too common in the current 'winner takes all' model of research [...] Privilege and entitlement are self-propagating phenomena that thrive on over-representation. Their effects are tempered when the privileged are not in the majority. [...] Of course, diversity alone is no panacea. Skewed power dynamics are an almost inevitable consequence of the financial and reputational dependence [...], as well as of the hypercompetitive nature of scientific research [...]},
  journal = {Nature},
  keywords = {*imported-from-citeulike-INRMM,~INRMM-MiD:c-14657425,discrimination,research-bullying,research-management,science-ethics,scientific-community-self-correction,scientific-misconduct,team-diversity},
  lccn = {INRMM-MiD:c-14657425},
  number = {7732}
}

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