Research Conduct and Ethics Instruction Materials

 

NIH Policy on Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research

Why Is Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research Important?

What Are Research Ethics Cases

A List of Useful Web Sites to Hand Out During Research Ethics Case Discussion Sessions

• Theme 13 - Data Management, Whistleblowers, and Nepotism 2013
  • Case 1: Whistleblowers
  • Case 2: CLUES: Research Misconduct or Sloppy Science?
  • Case 3: Data Management in Clinical Studies
  • Case 4: Nepotism in the Training and Research Setting


• Theme 12 - Mentoring 2012
  • Case 1: Different Mentoring Styles
  • Case 2: Non-Academic Staff
  • Case 3: Intellectual Property
  • Case 4: Personal Relationships


• Theme 11 - Authorship 2011
  • Guidelines for Authorship Contributions
  • Authorship Dispute Resolution


• Theme 10 - Science and Social Responsibility, continued - 2010
  
  
• Theme 9 - Science and Social Responsibility - Dual Use Research - 2009
  • Additional Resources and Useful Websites
    
    
• Theme 8 - Borrowing --- Is It Plagiarism? - 2008
  
  
• Theme 7 - Data Management and Scientific Misconduct - 2007
  • A Guide to the Handling of Scientific Misconduct Allegations in the NIH IRP
    
    
• Theme 6 - Ethical Ambiguities - 2006
  
  
• Theme 5 - Data Management - 2005
  
  
• Theme 4 - Collaborative Science - 2004
  
  
• Theme 3 - Mentoring - 2003
  Useful web sites on mentoring:
  
  A Guide to Training and Mentoring in the Intramural Research Program at NIH
  Scientific Directors Policy Updates For Mentors and Trainees- May 1, 2002
  
  
• Theme 2 - Authorship - 2002
  
  Case 1 - Authorship and the Role of the Absent Researcher
  Case 2 - To Be or Not To Be Included
  Case 3 - Student Publishes
  Case 4 - Criteria for Authorship and Attribution
  
  Useful web sites on authorship:
  
  http://www.stanford.edu/dept/DoR/rph/2-8.html

  http://www.responsibility.research.umich.edu/casematerialsdir.html

  http://www.apa.org/journals/amp/kurdek.html

  http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/services_ATF.shtml

  http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed410318.html

   

• Theme 1 - Scientific Misconduct - 2001
  Case 1 - Scientific misconduct in the laboratory
  Case 2 - Suspicions of misconduct in clinical research
  Case 3 - Ownership of ideas


• A Guide to the Handling of Scientific Misconduct Allegations in the Intramural Research Program at the NIH


• Intramural Research Program Policies & Procedures for Research Misconduct Proceedings

Other Useful References and Other Web Sites