For further information, see DOTs Implementation Guidance for Executive Office of the President, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Federal Policy
on Research Misconduct, dated February 2002.
Federal Policy
on Research Misconduct, 65 F.R. 76260 - 76264, December 6, 2000.
Implementation Guidance for Executive Office of the President, Office of Science and Technology Policy «Federal Policy
on Research Misconduct.»
Continue reading «A Course In Deception:» Scientist's novel takes
on research misconduct
I'm used to the idea that scientists aren't all angels, having reported
on research misconduct in the past, from image doctoring to wholesale data fabrication.
The NIH and the NSF say they should have enough staff to handle the flood of new grant requests, and both have introduced formal policies
on research misconduct.
In anticipation of a federal - wide definition and policy for research misconduct in 2000, AAAS convened a practicum
on research misconduct, where participants had the opportunity to obtain hands - on experience and interact with colleagues and government officials.
The play is Othello, but he could just as well have been writing about science, where reputation is, in the words of the University of Washington's (UW's) policy
on research misconduct, «of paramount importance to a researcher's career.»
The Program has engaged in a number of projects to promote research integrity and ethic, as well as focused
on research misconduct.
Not exact matches
In a twist
on the typical scientific ethics discussion, the IOM report and companion meeting shifted the spotlight from a negative perspective — preventing scientific
misconduct — to the more positive one of encouraging ethical
research practices.
► Last year, we pointed to a ScienceInsider post by Kelly Servick that detailed the story of Fazlul Sarkar, a researcher who sued anonymous posters
on PubPeer after claiming «that anonymous comments suggesting
misconduct in his
research caused [the University of Mississippi] to revoke its [job] offer.»
Others attacked Shattuck's
research on the Web and insinuated that he had fabricated his data or committed scientific
misconduct.
Ferric Fang of the University of Washington, Seattle; Joan Bennett of Rutgers University; and Arturo Casadevall of Albert Einstein College of Medicine combed through
misconduct reports
on 228 people released by the U.S. Office of
Research Integrity (ORI) over the last 19 years.
The report is replete with examples of the social controversies involving science and technology at that time - the biological and environmental effects of nuclear weapons testing, DDT and other dioxins, the use of defoliants and herbicides by the U.S. military in Vietnam, the safety of nuclear power plants, the ban
on fetal
research, a moratorium
on recombinant DNA
research, the need for human subject protections and informed consent in genetics
research, the misuse of psychology as a tool for torture, the implications of national security controls
on science;
misconduct in science, and the role of and protections for whistleblowers - many of which continue to resonate in the science and society relationship of today.
The interests of the CSFR and the NCLS aligned well
on many SFRL projects, conferences, publications, and AAAS annual meeting symposia such as
on the ethical and legal implications of genetic testing; use of animals in
research and education; scientific
misconduct and
research integrity; use of scientific and technical information in the courts; ethical and legal aspects of computer network use and abuse; effects of national security controls
on unclassified
research, and the impact of neuroscience
on the legal system.
Topics have included the uses of scientific and technical information in the courts, scientific
misconduct, and the effects of national security controls
on scientific
research.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) in Arlington, Virginia, has decided to double down
on its implementation of a congressionally mandated policy aimed at reducing
research misconduct among NSF - funded scientists, despite a new report that notes problems with the agency's approach.
The old chemistry building
on the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, which is under scrutiny for how it has handled
research misconduct cases.
There is a «troubling discrepancy,» Steneck observed, «between public statements about how «rare»
misconduct in
research supposedly is and the more private belief
on the part of many researchers that it is fairly common.»
A major U.S. - based scientific society is
on the verge of expanding its definition of
research misconduct to include sexual harassment.
On Thursday Normile reported that RIKEN will conduct a new
misconduct investigation related to the
research reported in those papers.
The Boston Globe reports today that Harvard University cognitive scientist Marc Hauser, who is
on leave after a university investigation found evidence of
research misconduct in his lab, will not be allowed to teach at the university next year.
On 7 December, Uppsala University in Sweden released a long - awaited report by its Board for Investigation of Misconduct in Research, which investigated a high - profile paper about the effects of microplastics on fish, published in Science in June 201
On 7 December, Uppsala University in Sweden released a long - awaited report by its Board for Investigation of
Misconduct in
Research, which investigated a high - profile paper about the effects of microplastics
on fish, published in Science in June 201
on fish, published in Science in June 2016.
NASA chief Charles Bolden is reviewing a request from a U.S. senator for a briefing
on alleged
misconduct at the agency's Ames
Research Center (ARC) in California.
Taken for Granted: Ain't Misbehavin» Next, our columnist investigates the impact of the structure of the systems in which we work
on the frequency of
research misconduct and concludes, with experts
on the subject, that science works best without hierarchy.
Shunsuke Ishii, the chair of the RIKEN investigating committee that recently found stem cell scientist Haruko Obokata (first author
on the Nature papers reporting the STAP results) guilty of
research misconduct, is himself under investigation for
research misconduct.
The government's Office of
Research Integrity had earlier found Popovic guilty of «relatively minor»
misconduct based
on what the appeals board called a «handful of words and notations... in one heavily edited paper written by a scientist with limited English skills during a volatile period of scientific discovery a decade ago».
Rather than rely just
on retraction notices from journals — which in some cases they couldn't access without paying a fee, Casadevall says — they cross-referenced as many retractions as they could with other sources, including reports from the U.S. Office of
Research Integrity (ORI), which investigates scientific
misconduct.
The panel «found substantial evidence that Kajstura may have committed
research misconduct acting alone,» according to the court document, and recommended a full investigation of Anversa and Leri «
on the theory that they negligently failed to investigate Kajstura's
misconduct.»
But the report notes that co-authors Teruhiko Wakayama, a former RIKEN researcher now at the University of Yamanashi in Kofu, and Yoshiki Sasai, of RIKEN CDB, who worked with Obokata to finalize the
research, «allowed the papers to be submitted to Nature without verifying the accuracy of the data, and they bear heavy responsibility for the
research misconduct that resulted from this failure
on their part.»
In an effort to get all the players onboard, the bodies representing the
research councils and universities, and other organizations are nearing the completion of a much - delayed «concordat»
on investigating
research misconduct, due to be released in March or April of this year.
Something all can agree
on, however, is that
misconduct in the United Kingdom, particularly in the area of medical
research, is an endemic problem: An informal survey released by BMJ at the meeting showed that out of 2700 responses by BMJ subscribers, 13 % of medical and academic researchers had witnessed
misconduct and 6 % were aware of possible
research misconduct at their institution that hadn't been properly investigated.
«
Research has shown the destructive effects harassment, discrimination, and bullying can have on not only the people directly involved but on the research, institutions, students, faculty, or colleagues surrounding the misconduct
Research has shown the destructive effects harassment, discrimination, and bullying can have
on not only the people directly involved but
on the
research, institutions, students, faculty, or colleagues surrounding the misconduct
research, institutions, students, faculty, or colleagues surrounding the
misconduct.»
Nick Steneck, director of
research ethics and integrity at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, says authorities worldwide should adopt a uniform
misconduct policy that provides clear guidance not only
on data falsification and fabrication but also
on lesser ethical breaches — such as self - plagiarism.
Potti «engaged in
research misconduct,» the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) concludes in a report to be published in the Federal Register on
research misconduct,» the Office of
Research Integrity (ORI) concludes in a report to be published in the Federal Register on
Research Integrity (ORI) concludes in a report to be published in the Federal Register
on Monday.
Anil Potti, M.D., Duke University School of Medicine: Based
on the reports of investigations conducted by Duke University School of Medicine (Duke) and additional analysis conducted by ORI in its oversight review, ORI found that Dr. Anil Potti, former Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke, engaged in
research misconduct in
research supported by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grant R01 HL072208 and National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH, grants R01 CA136530, R01 CA131049, K12 CA100639, R01 CA106520, and U54 CA112952.
The first conference raised awareness of the importance of
research integrity and globally, the emphasis was
on misconduct, its definitions and causes.
Respondent neither admits nor denies ORI's findings of
research misconduct; the settlement is not an admission of liability
on the part of the Respondent.
The full quote:» Three investigations of the alleged scientific
misconduct of the Climate
Research Unit at the University of East Anglia — one by the UK House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, a second by the Scientific Assessment Panel of the Royal Society, chaired by Lord Oxburgh, and the latest by the Independent Climate Change E-mails Review, chaired by Sir Muir Russell — have confirmed what climate scientists have never seriously doubted: established scientists depend
on their credibility and have no motivation in purposely misleading the public and their colleagues.
However, improperly referring to or recycling previous work is a breach of
research integrity and, depending
on the severity, can amount to
research misconduct.
Ensuring the quality, trustworthiness and the reproducibility of our
research by upholding high standards of integrity, providing educational and training programmes
on the responsible conduct of
research, and pursuing allegations of
research misconduct
OSR commits to vigorously investigating, and if warranted, taking action
on any credible allegation of
research misconduct (RM), pursuant to this document11.
«Three investigations of the alleged scientific
misconduct of the Climate
Research Unit... have confirmed... established scientists depend
on their credibility and have no motivation in purposely misleading the public and their colleagues.
He has organized several projects
on research integrity and scientific
misconduct, including more than a dozen workshops for university administrators, bench scientists, post-docs and graduate students and the production of a series of case studies
on video for educational use.
Update
on Macchiarini's investigation Karolinska University Hospital, which investigated ethical
research misconduct by tissue engineering pioneer Paolo Macchiarini, has released report this week.
7) Resistance to discuss
research misconduct on post-Soviet space Presenter: Vasiliy Vlassov, Higher School of Economics, Russia
As explained in the most detailed account of Wakefield's grotesque
misconduct, it rested
on the findings (as the BMJ noted) that Wakefield concealed and manipulated the terms of the
research study, secretly conducted for a lawsuit, and that not one of the children was reported upon truthfully.
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A pair of Canadian scientists may be running out of options to save their laboratories, which have been permanently closed based
on findings of
research misconduct.
have in place formal written procedures for the handling of allegations of
research misconduct and make those procedures available
on to CRUK
on request;