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  • The Scientific Community and Norms and Values in Research - By: Getachew W. (Ph.D.), LIC, October 2022 The scientific community brings science to life; it sustains the assumptions, attitudes, and techniques of science (Neuman, 2014). Neuman (2014:12) defines a scientific community: “a social institution of people, organizations, and roles as well as a set of norms, behaviors, and attitudes that all operate together”. The author believes that the core of the scientific community is made up of researchers who conduct studies on a full-time or regular basis, usually with the help of assistants, many of whom are graduate students. The scientific community does not operate in a vacuum isolated from…