Fostering integrity in research / Committee on Responsible Science, Committee on Science, Engineering, Medicine, and Public Policy, Policy and Global Affairs.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Responsible Science.

Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical ethics.

Medicine--Research--Moral and ethical aspects.

Medicine.

Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, 2017.

Summary:

The integrity of knowledge that emerges from research is based on individual and collective adherence to core values of objectivity, honesty, openness, fairness, accountability, and stewardship. Integrity in science means that the organizations in which research is conducted encourage those involved to exemplify these values in every step of the research process. Understanding the dynamics that support - or distort - practices that uphold the integrity of research by all participants ensures that the research enterprise advances knowledge. The 1992 report Responsible Science: Ensuring the Integrity of the Research Process evaluated issues related to scientific responsibility and the conduct of research. It provided a valuable service in describing and analyzing a very complicated set of issues, and has served as a crucial basis for thinking about research integrity for more than two decades. However, as experience has accumulated with various forms of research misconduct, detrimental research practices, and other forms of misconduct, as subsequent empirical research has revealed more about the nature of scientific misconduct, and because technological and social changes have altered the environment in which science is conducted, it is clear that the framework established more than two decades ago needs to be updated. Responsible Science served as a valuable benchmark to set the context for this most recent analysis and to help guide the committee's thought process. Fostering Integrity in Research identifies best practices in research and recommends practical options for discouraging and addressing research misconduct and detrimental research practices.

Contents:

Part 1: The integrity of research

Introduction

Foundations of integrity in research : core values and guidings norms

Important trends and challenges in the research environment

Part 2: Research misconduct and detrimental research practices

Context and definitions

Incidence and consequences

Understanding the causes

Addressing research misconduct and detrimental research practices : current knowledge and issues

Exploring new approaches

Part 3: Fostering integrity in research

Identifying and promoting best practices for research integrity

Education for the responsible conduct of research

Findings and recommendations.

Notes:

"A Consensus Study Report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine."

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed January 29, 2018).

ISBN:

9780309391283

0309391288

9780309391269

0309391261