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False claims in a widely-cited paper

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March 26, 2026

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Summary

A widely-cited paper in Management Science claims that "High Sustainability" companies significantly outperform their counterparts. Despite its influence, the paper has been identified as fatally flawed, yet no corrections or consequences have been enacted by the scholarly community.

Key Takeaways

The paper "The Impact of Corporate Sustainability on Organizational Processes and Performance" has been cited around 2,000 times per year and significantly influences investment practice and public policy.
The authors of the paper acknowledged a misreport in their methodology in September 2025 but have refused to submit a corrigendum.
Research Integrity Offices have been deemed ineffective in addressing ongoing violations related to misreported studies in academic research.
Major academic institutions involved in the paper's authorship have declined to disclose the outcomes of any internal reviews regarding the misreport.

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The rise of AI-generated papers may lead to a decline in the quality of peer review, undermining trust in scientific research.
The trend of producing more papers with less rigorous review could erode the credibility of scientific findings in the AI field.