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  1. Much has been said about passively watching injustice. For example, Albert Einstein said “He who joyfully marches to music and rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake”, and “the world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.” [7]

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  1. Division of Neuroscience, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, 954 Gatewood Rd NE, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA

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In 1999 Science and Engineering Ethics published a special issue “Scientific Misconduct” in which James Lubalin and Jennifer Matheson discussed the sequelae of allegations of scientific misconduct [1]. An important finding highlighted in their analysis is that a substantial majority of both those accused but exonerated of scientific misconduct and whistleblowers experienced negative consequences in their personal and professional lives. Professional reputation is critically important to career advancement and personal well-being. This Letter to the Editors discusses blacklisting, an insidious, ethically problematic process which is likely to produce the negative consequences described by Lubalin and Matheson. It is a topic that merits attention by the scientific community—SJB.

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Kuhar, M.J. On Blacklisting in Science. Sci Eng Ethics 14, 301–303 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-008-9082-5

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