Harvard honesty professor allegedly tampered with data and should be fired, according to probe

A professor at Harvard University who specialized in researching why people cheat reportedly tampered with data in her work, according to a university probe. 

Professor Francesca Gino, considered a star behavioral scientist at Harvard Business School, allegedly tweaked observations in four of her studies to boost her hypothesis, according to a report from the New York Post.

“The committee concludes that Professor Gino has engaged in multiple instances of research misconduct, across all four studies at issue in these allegations,” the report states. 

The report also alleges that many papers Gino had coauthored included "fraudulent data" between 2012 and 2020.

A lawyer for Gino has come out and said Harvard had no evidence for these allegations. 

“The Investigation Committee believes that the severity of the research misconduct that Professor Gino has committed calls for appropriately severe institutional action,” the report also stated.