Guo Yidun's book review of A Textbook with Many Mistakes —— Comments on International Academic Conference English (edited by Zeng Lei, Lin Zequan and Fu Xiaoling, and edited by Guo-Wen Huang): At present, the professional level and professional ethics of some professors in China are really poor; The editor and editorial board of this textbook, for the sake of fame and fortune, use false textbooks that mislead children to harm students. This incident shocked colleges and universities. His book reviews were reprinted in four journals and thousands of websites, including "Academic Criticism Network". Therefore, he won the article "A textbook full of mistakes" jointly published by the Institute of Economic and Cultural Development in Western Sichuan and Yunnan Law Society, and won the award certificate and gold medal for the excellent paper of the academic seminar "New Ideas and New Practices in the New Century".
However, some people think that Guo Yidun's award certificate and gold medal were bought with money, and the honorary title was invented by himself. His behavior itself is fraud. Some people think that he is traumatized by his professional title, while others think that he wants to be famous. In addition, many people think that Guo Yidun is usually boastful, so he is nicknamed "Guo Chuichui". In any case, Guo Yidun's anti-counterfeiting action has been supported by netizens. In their view, people can generally distinguish the right and wrong of fraud and cheating or the right and wrong of crime, but it is not certain whether they will refuse mistakes and stay away from evil. If forgers and cheaters get nothing, they will be punished, and people will be afraid to refuse mistakes and stay away from evil. On the other hand, you will be lucky to try. After a few people succeed, they will attract more followers and form an irreversible climate, so society will degenerate and sink. The prevalence of fraud and deception is actually the same as that of bribery.
In recent years, many universities in China have been involved in academic fraud. Judging from academic anti-counterfeiting websites, there are more than these colleges and universities with similar incidents in China, and there are countless reports and exposures about academic corruption, project fraud and paper plagiarism. Colleges and universities should be sacred places in people's minds, and educators who are responsible for "preaching, teaching and dispelling doubts" should also be models of noble morality and dedication. However, academic fraud cases in recent years are as heavy as the shadow hanging over this "altar". It can be said that without the exposure of Guo Yidun and other famous anti-counterfeiting teachers, without the support of the New Threads website and the majority of netizens, the academic integrity of domestic universities will be even more anomie. Yan Xijun, a deputy to the National People's Congress, suggested setting up an independent crime of academic fraud, and severely punishing acts of defrauding support funds in the form of false topics or projects, or even harming the interests of others or society with false results. Academic fraud with high technology, high position and high IQ should be severely punished.
According to "Several Opinions on Strengthening and Improving the Ideological and Political Work of Young Teachers in Colleges and Universities" recently issued jointly by the Central Organization Department, Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China and the Ministry of Education, China will regard the performance of teachers' morality as the primary criterion for teachers' annual assessment, post appointment (employment), professional title evaluation and evaluation and reward, establish and improve the assessment files of young teachers' morality, and implement the "one-vote veto system" of teachers' morality. It is suggested to improve the contents and methods of teachers' morality evaluation and improve the prevention and investigation mechanism of academic misconduct.
Zhang Li, director of the Education Development Research Center of the Ministry of Education, pointed out that according to the nature and severity of academic misconduct, disciplinary actions such as warning and expulsion were given to academic misconduct in accordance with laws, regulations and related systems; Those who violate the laws of the state shall be handed over to judicial organs for handling; For his academic work, we can take measures such as suspending and terminating scientific research projects, recovering the allocated project funds, and canceling academic awards and academic honors. He stressed that the policy of "zero tolerance" should be adopted for academic fraud in scientific research, laws, regulations and systems should be taken as the criterion, peer supervision, social supervision and media supervision should be strengthened, academic misconduct should be strictly controlled, and efforts should be made to create a new situation of scientific research integrity in China.
There are two bottlenecks in dealing with academic fraud at present. First, the management subject is weak. China still lacks an independent and unified specialized agency to deal with academic corruption, which is often handled internally, resulting in the relevant departments either shielding or obstructing or giving a lighter punishment. Second, the management system is not perfect. There is no special law to prevent and deal with academic misconduct in China, and judicial organs rarely intervene in the investigation and punishment of academic fraud. On the one hand, this vacancy makes the means of governance lack legal deterrence. More importantly, the handling is often limited to moral condemnation and personnel adjustment, lacking strong institutional norms and guarantees, and it is difficult to cope with the challenges of the current situation of frequent academic fraud.
It is difficult to curb academic fraud only by moral constraints, but also by institutional constraints, and "heavy code" is indispensable. Han Baosheng, deputy to the National People's Congress and vice president of Xi 'an Academy of Fine Arts, suggested that laws and regulations should be promulgated, a code of conduct for researchers should be formulated, and the behavior of researchers should be regulated in terms of social value, economic value and self-value, and the principles of scientific research funding and accountability for academic misconduct should be clearly defined. Once academic fraud and dishonesty are discovered, a mechanism and a legal environment will be formed. Guo Yidun once said: "The problem of study style is essentially caused by human nature. There are people with ulterior motives everywhere, and academia is no exception. The style of study is not a big deal, and the cost of academic fraud should be increased. "