Timeline for Former colleagues listed me as a coauthor on a paper without consulting me. Should I make an issue of it, or let it go?
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| Sep 16, 2021 at 0:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAcademia/status/1438291541475438597 | ||
| Sep 15, 2021 at 21:07 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Sep 15, 2021 at 18:53 | comment | added | Nobody | @gnometorule Well, if I had a firm answer to that, I wouldn't have had to ask the question. You are, of course, right that fighting over this would cost time and aggravation and gain me nothing directly, but then again what good are ethics and norms if we don't enforce them? We know from behavioral economics that people do sometimes incur tangible costs to enforce norms, and if you've ever been in such a situation it's easy to see why. There is something deeply distasteful about watching somebody behaving unethically and just getting away with it. | |
| Sep 15, 2021 at 18:53 | answer | added | Rob | timeline score: 4 | |
| Sep 15, 2021 at 15:08 | comment | added | Captain Emacs | It's inappropriate to put you on the paper if you wish to be off it. Maybe the authors feared to be even more inappropriate to leave you off, but didn't want to kill the paper (which, strictly spoken, they would have had to do if you refuse to be an author but substantially contributed to it). A dilemma. Unless the quality of the paper is substandard, you disagree with the conclusions or you really didn't contribute at all (but why would they add you then), you might let it slide. If you hate the authors, it means you do not want to work with them in the future. But this work is done. | |
| Sep 15, 2021 at 14:06 | comment | added | gnometorule | Assuming the paper looks fine, and given that you were, in fact, a contributor, would you rather be (ethically) right and fight incorrect process, or at peace and keep what was in the past, in the past, while focusing on your current life and career? | |
| Sep 15, 2021 at 13:11 | answer | added | Buffy | timeline score: 11 | |
| S Sep 15, 2021 at 13:03 | review | First questions | |||
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| S Sep 15, 2021 at 13:03 | history | asked | Nobody | CC BY-SA 4.0 |