TY - BOOK AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine TI - Fostering Integrity in Research SN - DO - 10.17226/21896 PY - 2017 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21896/fostering-integrity-in-research PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Policy for Science and Technology AB - 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. ER - TY - BOOK AU - National Academy of Sciences AU - National Academy of Engineering AU - Institute of Medicine TI - Responsible Science: Ensuring the Integrity of the Research Process: Volume I SN - DO - 10.17226/1864 PY - 1992 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/1864/responsible-science-ensuring-the-integrity-of-the-research-process-volume PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Policy for Science and Technology AB - Responsible Science is a comprehensive review of factors that influence the integrity of the research process. Volume I examines reports on the incidence of misconduct in science and reviews institutional and governmental efforts to handle cases of misconduct. The result of a two-year study by a panel of experts convened by the National Academy of Sciences, this book critically analyzes the impact of today's research environment on the traditional checks and balances that foster integrity in science. Responsible Science is a provocative examination of the role of educational efforts; research guidelines; and the contributions of individual scientists, mentors, and institutional officials in encouraging responsible research practices. ER - TY - BOOK AU - National Academy of Sciences AU - National Academy of Engineering AU - Institute of Medicine TI - Responsible Science: Ensuring the Integrity of the Research Process: Volume II SN - DO - 10.17226/2091 PY - 1993 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2091/responsible-science-ensuring-the-integrity-of-the-research-process-volume PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Policy for Science and Technology AB - Volume II of Responsible Science includes background papers and selected institutional reports, policies, and procedures that were used to develop Volume I. Topics discussed include traditions of mentorship in science; data handling practices in the biological sciences; academic policies and standards governing the conduct of research practices; congressional interest in issues of misconduct and integrity in science; the regulatory experience of human subjects research; and the roles of scientific and engineering societies in fostering research integrity. The panel also considers numerous institutional policy statements adopted by research universities and professional societies that address different aspects of misconduct or integrity in science. These statements have been selected to convey the diverse approaches for addressing such matters within research institutions. ER -