I found your post extremely interesting because (other than plagiarism) there hasn't been a cause for me to think about research misconduct. I had not idea that there was such a need for or an agency called the Office of Research Integrity. I absolutely agree with you that the drive to publish and the push to bring in grant funding puts pressure on researchers in ways that increases the impulse to falsify data. The focus should be on the quality of research. I also think finding funding from corporations can put pressure on researchers to manipulate data that benefits the funding agency. Not sure what the answer is beyond universities having more funds to house independent research projects, and we know that universities are already struggling with cuts. —Sarah Plummer