Harvard University revoked the mandate of Professor of Harvard Business School Francesca Gino after years of accusations of data fraud, confirmed a University spokesman.
Gino, widely known for investigating honesty and ethical behavior, was placed on administrative license in 2023 after multiple accusations of falsification of data arose.
A Harvard spokesman did not provide additional details, noting that he does not discuss personnel issues. Gino also immediately responded to a request for comments.
It is not known that teachers have lost their mandate in Harvard since the 1940s, when the American Association of University Teachers formalized the termination rules, according to the Harvard Crimson, the student newspaper.
Gino began working at the Harvard Business School in 2010 as associate professor of Business Administration, according to his extensive curriculum, updated in June 2023. From 2018 to 2021, he was the head of negotiations, organizations and the market unit.
Gino’s research has appeared widely in the media, such as The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and NBC News.
In 2021, three behavioral professors and researchers with a blog site, Data Colada, began to examine a series of Gino studies in co -authorship for a decade and shared evidence that they believed that they demonstrated fraudulent data with the Business School.
According to a 2023 blog post in which the researchers published their evidence, the rest of their interactions with the university after sharing its 2021 report was confidential.
Gino was put on an unpaid administrative license in June 2023 after an 18 -month internal investigation discovered that he was responsible for “bad research behavior,” according to a demand of $ 25 million, Gino filed against Harvard and Data Colada. She lost her titled teacher and was withdrawn from all teaching and research tasks, said the demand.
The lawsuit stated that the investigation was carried out in compliance with a new employment policy that was created only for it.
A federal judge dismissed the accusations of defamation of Gino’s demand in September, but allowed claims that Harvard violated his contract with Gino by disciplining it so that he violated his own tenure policies, the crimson reported.
Gino launched a website dedicated to demand, with the last update in March 2024 reading: “Harvard shared his case. And although my lawyers have discouraged me to speak, I just need to say that, I never participated in academic fraud.
“Once I have the opportunity to prove this in the Court of Justice, with the support of the experts, they denied me through Harvard’s investigation process, you will see why their case is so weak and that they are false accusations,” the statement continued.
