A faculty member adds a student's name to the list of authors for a research manuscript in order to help that student get into graduate school.The student's contribution to the research project was to enter responses to survey questions into the computer.This is an example of

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This is an unethical assignment of authorship credit. The student's contribution does not meet the criteria for authorship, and adding their name to the list in order to help them get into graduate school is a misuse of authorship credit. It is important to credit individuals appropriately for their contributions, but adding someone as an author purely for non-academic reasons is unethical.

A Faculty Member Adds a Student's Name to the List