In situations where these standards conflict, advisors and advisory bodies must resist both political pressures and incentives that
undermine scientific integrity.
To
undermine scientific integrity is to undermine our democracy.
Not exact matches
We want to make sure Juncker feels our outrage at any attempt to
undermine the
integrity and independence of
scientific advice received at the highest level of the European Commission.
And we have watched as
scientific integrity has been
undermined and
scientific research politicized in an effort to advance predetermined ideological agendas.
The point is there is a clear implication that
scientific integrity has been
undermined by political expediency.
Failing to do so could
undermine the
integrity of
scientific reports produced by the government for years to come.
But even if one believes such actions are justified in principle I don't think it is appropriate for someone in Gleick's position to do what he did because if scientists are seen to do anything which
undermines their personal
integrity then it can cast doubt in the public's eye about their
scientific work and that of their colleagues and makes it harder for them to counter the anti-
scientific antics of the fake skeptics, although I would hope that the stinking hypocrisy of the latter would also be apparent to the public.
The global warming camp have sought to
undermine the value of this new list, by claiming that the scientists lack
scientific qualifications, expertise, or moral
integrity.