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Can an Authentic Interest for Research Integrity be Fostered?
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Can an Authentic Interest for Research Integrity be
Fostered?From a Government Driven
Promotion to a Voluntary Self-education and Consensus Forming on the Internet
Wha-Chul Son, Ph.DCenter for Good Research Practice
Handong Global University
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Topics
• Government Driven Promotion of Research Integrity
• Research Ethics by Researchers• Importance of Education and
Research Culture• The Case of On-line Portal Site for
Research Integrity: “Good Research”• Evaluation
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Government Driven Promotion of Research Integrity 1
• Governments tend to precede researchers in promoting research integrity, because of
- its official responsibility - institutional need and stability - its ability to systemize (anything) - researchers’ indifference
Post Hwang(Dec.2005) Syndrome
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Government Driven Promotion of Research Integrity 2
• While it is inevitable to a certain extent, government’s effort has its own limit because
- researchers feel to be treated as potential criminal
- it often consists of short-term projects - its actual outcome could be superficial - it could cause conflicts with the
autonomy of researchers
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Internalization of Research Ethics 1
• It is natural that researchers themselves should be the main actor in promoting research integrity, because
- RCR is about what they do. - it is vital to protect their autonomy in
research and to sustain their authority as experts.
• Research ethics should be internalized, not imposed.
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Internalization of Research Ethics 2
• However, it is difficult for researchers to commit their time and energy for promoting research integrity, because of
- priority problem - little incentives - professionally, intellectually - lack of relevant knowledge
What They Do and Don’t
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Ethical Research Culture and the Importance of Education
• It is vital to establish an ethical research culture in which RCR is internalized.
• Not just against research misconduct, but promoting “good research”
• Not by government’s pressure, but by researchers’ voluntary involvement in consensus making procedure concerning relevant issues
• The importance of educating next generation researchers
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On-line Researcher’s Community좋은연구 (Good Research)
• Not just information achieve, but interactive portal site
• Reflecting Korean on-line culture
(Internet Statistics Report 2008)
- 76.5% of population(+3) using the Internet
- 50% of users(+6) active in on-line community and 43% having personal blogs.
- 98.5% of users(+6) visiting portal sites
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www.grp.or.kr
• Project Launched in Dec. 2007
• Portal Site Opened on June 30th, 2008
• Five Project Members, 7 staffs
• Government Funded• Current Review (July 08 ~ April 09, 10 months)
- Members: 532
- Total visitors: 22,682
- Total page-views: 200,651
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Animation
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Web Portal “Good Research” Statistics
• Visitors per day
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Web Portal “Good Research” Statistics
• Page-views per day
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Web Portal “Good Research” Statistics
• Academic Information – 339 articles archived
• Community and on-line Cafe – 385 messages written
• Other Information (news, notice, bulleting boards) – 234 items listed
• Various search methods, on-line polls, information gathering function
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Potentials
• Dependent on government funding (which is inevitable), but relatively free of any form of control
• Improving technical features, archiving more information, and developing various events and activities
• Increasing visitors and writers• Potential ‘space’ where researchers can
have meaningful dialogue concerning research, research ethics, and good research
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Challenges
• How to attract researchers to stay longer
• How far to expand the service - on-line counseling system• Future prospect - Can this be really independent? - example of membership system
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Conclusion
• There is a clear limit in government driven promotion of research integrity.
• Ethical research culture and education toward such a culture is vital.
• On-line portal site for archiving relevant information and for researchers’ interaction could promote voluntary interest for research integrity.
• There are several huddles to overcome and various tryouts are being made.
Thank You!