Light gray ethics

We are familiar with the "fraud in science" stories that make the headlines. Those are the ones that are the most unacceptable, dramatic and scandalous. They usually emerge after years and years of being buried under data, or people. But the key word in this sentence is "emerge". Because scientific fraud is not "vantablack" in the grayscale. There is a whole range of shades that are problematic, but still usually overlooked.