In Defense of the Netherlands Research Integrity Code: Response to Radder.

We assess Hans Radder's (2022) criticisms of the Netherlands Code of Conduct for Research Integrity (UNL 2018) and show that they either miss their mark or depend on controversial background assumptions about the purpose of the Code. Although Radder raises important questions about the broader roles and purposes of research in society, his conclusion that the Code should be revised in the ways he proposes is unjustified.