Your Guide to Research Integrity
ORI Introduction to the Responsible Conduct of Research

The ORI Introduction to the Responsible Conduct of Research, developed by the U.S. Public Health Service’s Office of Research Integrity (ORI), draws together, in a single, easy-to-read book, the fundamentals of responsible research.  Readers are guided through the complex world of regulations and best practices, from initial design through to publication.  Each chapter is devoted to one of ORI’s nine core areas, including:

• Research misconduct,
• Human and animal research
• Data management
• Conflict of interest
• Collaboration
• Mentoring
• Authorship
• Peer review

Opening cases, study questions, and additional readings make this book ideal for classroom use.  A series of original cartoons at the beginning of each chapter use humor as a way to engage the reader in this serious and vitally important topic.

While often it is assumed that researchers learn responsible practices on the job, many do not, or what they learn on the job is misguided or wrong.  The ORI Introduction to RCR provides an easy way for anyone, from beginning undergraduates to experienced postdoctoral researchers, faculty members or industrial scientists, to learn what society expects of them as professionals. Paperback. 2007.