Protecting Human Participants in Research Office of Research Integrity and.
Integrity in Research
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Integrity in Research
Dave Hornby
MBB
Promoting a culture
One of my goals as Head of a Science Department is to create an environment that:
•Promotes responsible conduct in Science by embracing standards of excellence, trustworthiness, and lawfulness
•Promotes the individual's commitment to intellectual honesty and personal responsibility.
Research integrity includes the traditional ideals of
•Honesty
•Fairness
Key values
Compliance with research guidelines and policies
Integrating work with life experience and values
Key values
Is surveillance necessary?
Surveillance has become necessary in recent years
Without monitoring, it is difficult to assess the size of the problem
Was it appropriate for Watson and Crick to claim that they
discovered the structure of DNA?
Maurice Wilkins started the project
Rosalind Franklin collected the data
Watson and Crick saw the unpublished data
Was it appropriate for Watson and Crick to claim that they discovered the structure of
DNA?
Watson and Crick built a model
The Double Helix was born
We think of Watson and Crick not Franklin and Wilkins?
When Commercial and Academic goals collide
•Academic research feeds commercial development
•Academic research is shared with market led group
•The mantra from the CEO is for new products
•What if we release the academic •research prior to publication?. . .
•Educate commercial collaborators
•Promote clear policies in the University
•Review best practice elsewhere
Integrity in Research:
Meeting both needs