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"A Little Thing Like Plagiarism"	https://www.americananthro.org/LearnAndTeach/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=12938	Cases	An anthropologist finds their work has been plagiarised. The University Press claimed that while there had been plagiarism there had been no copyright infringement.		Academic staff Anthropologists Journal editors Journal publishers Publishers
"Hot" Gifts	https://www.americananthro.org/LearnAndTeach/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=12926	Cases	A researcher in an urban ghetto is offered some stolen goods as a gift. Accepting or not accepting the goods has implications for the researcher's integration into the community she is studying. She accepts the stolen clothes but not the record player.		Researchers Ethnographers
"Why should I acknowledge writing assistance if I have paid for it?" A case study	https://www.editage.com/insights/why-should-i-acknowledge-writing-assistance-if-i-have-paid-for-it-a-case-study	Cases	A researcher used the help of a professional writer to write a research paper. Since she paid for the service, she did not plan to disclose the contribution after the first draft was finished. Her unwillingness to acknowledge the contribution made the company providing the service threaten her that the writer would not finish writing the paper. She changed her mind only when the editor of the journal where she had intended to submit her paper responded that even paid writing assistance should be acknowledged.		Researchers
'Climate Skeptic' Journal Shuttered Following 'Malpractice' in 'Nepotistic' Reviewer Selections	https://retractionwatch.com/2014/01/17/climate-skeptic-journal-shuttered-following-malpractice-in-nepotistic-reviewer-selections/	Cases	This is a factual case. The journal Pattern Recognition in Physics (PRP) was started by Copernicus Publications in March 2013. After publishing a special issue on “Pattern in solar variability, their planetary origin and terrestrial impacts” was published a series of concerns about the selection of referees (nepotism) were raised. This resulted in Copernicus Publications shutting down the journal.	Open, transparent, and fair reviewer selection is challenging. There is a problem of polarized research. '"`UNIQ--ref-00000092-QINU`""`UNIQ--ref-00000093-QINU`"' '"`UNIQ--references-00000094-QINU`"'	Researchers Doctoral students Editors
'I am really sorry': Peer Reviewer Stole Text for Own Paper	https://retractionwatch.com/2016/03/14/i-am-really-sorry-peer-reviewer-stole-text-for-own-paper/	Cases	This factual case describes an instance of plagiarism by a peer reviewer. The peer reviewer had sent the unpublished manuscript to a colleague with whom he was writing a review. Portions of text from the manuscript under review ended up in the published review written by the peer reviewer and his colleague. The review was retracted, and the peer reviewer apologized.	Peer reviewing is essential to maintaining the integrity of academic literature. Importantly, authors who submit a manuscript for peer review should be able to trust that their manuscripts will not be used for any purpose other than the peer review itself, unless they have given explicit permission for this.	Researchers Peer reviewers Reviewers
10 Things for Curating Reproducible and FAIR Research	https://doi.org/10.15497/RDA00074	Guidelines	"10 Things for Curating Reproducible and FAIR Research" describes the key issues of curating reproducible and FAIR research (CURE-FAIR). It lists standards-based guidelines for ten practices, focusing primarily on research compendia produced by quantitative data-driven social science.	Offers a framework for implementing effective curation workflows for achieving greater FAIR-ness and long-term usability of research data and code. Adoption of the guidelines for curating reproducible and FAIR research will improve the prospects for a reproducible scholarly record.	Academic institutions publishers Funding agencies Researchers
3 Ways to Blow the Whistle	https://www.nature.com/news/research-ethics-3-ways-to-blow-the-whistle-1.14226	Cases	This article introduces three whistle-blowers and describes their journey in blowing a whistle. First one is about Uri Simonsohn of University of Pennsylvania who calls himself a data-whisperer. Uri was the one who blew the whistle on two famous cases of data fabrication and data manipulation, namely those involving Dirk Smeesters and Lawrence Sanna. The second case is about Helen Hill of University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey who persisted for nearly 14 years to expose Anupam Bishayee's misconduct and repeatedly failed. The third person uses the pseudonym "Clare Francis" to flag suspicious cases of plagiarism or figure manipulation/duplication.	It describes different strategies that may be used for whistle-blowing and highlights the fact that not every suspicion is always worthy of exposure.	Researchers Research Integrity Officers
3 things societies can do to promote research integrity	https://www.wiley.com/network/societyleaders/publishing-strategy/3-things-societies-can-do-to-promote-research-integrity	Education	In this podcast, produced by Wiley, Brian Nosek gives three insights into what researchers and the research community can do to "close the gaps between research values and practice".		All stakeholders in research
5 Ethical Principles		Interactive
A 24-year-old sociology paper found to have plagiarised a 1975 article	https://retractionwatch.com/2013/08/12/24-year-old-retraction-of-sociology-paper-for-plagiarism-of-a-1975-article/	Cases	This blog post is about the retraction of a 24-year-old paper that had plagiarised a 1975 article. At the time of retraction, the author held an executive position in the private education sector in Southern Africa.	It shows that using plagiarism-detection software to check books and articles published in the past might result in the discovery of plagiarised items.	Journal editors Researchers
A Case Series in Publication Ethics: Copyright Violation	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3586923/	Cases	A researcher sought to include a figure from a textbook in his manuscript for a forthcoming submission. Their colleague recommended asking permission to reproduce the figure from the publisher of the book. The researcher emailed the publisher and permission was granted without any charge.	Copyright violation is a common form of misconduct in countries that do not observe copyright law.	Researchers Research Ethics Committees Research Integrity Officers Publishers
A Case Series in Publication Ethics: Data Fabrication	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3586923/	Cases	A junior researcher published an article. A senior researcher of the organisation read the article and noticed the striking resemblance of the article topic with one of his accepted research projects, which was still in ongoing. They asked the junior researcher for their raw data. The junior researcher was unable to provide the data. Finally, they admitted to fabricating the data.	Data fabrication is a serious act of misconduct, which usually goes unnoticed.	Researchers Research Ethics Committees Research Integrity Officers
A Case Series in Publication Ethics: Disputes in Authorship (1)	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3586923/	Cases	A postgraduate medical student at Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (Mashhad, Iran) complained to the vice chancellor of research that they had not been included in the authors list of an article, which used results from her thesis. The senior researcher involved in her thesis claimed that she has forgotten to include the student as an author.		Researchers Research Ethics Committees Research Integrity Officers Editors Journal editors
A Case Series in Publication Ethics: Disputes in Authorship (2)	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3586923/	Cases	A researcher at Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (Mashhad, Iran) included a senior researcher of another department in the authors list of their article. Although the senior researcher was not aware of their inclusion, he thanked the researcher upon receiving a copy of the published article.		Researchers Editors Journal editors Research Ethics Committees Research Integrity Officers
A Case Series in Publication Ethics: Editorial Misconduct	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3586923/	Cases	Upon acceptance of a manuscript prepared by a researcher, the editor-in-chief of the journal asked the researcher to add an article published in their journal to the reference list. The researcher agreed to the request.	This is a case of editorial misconduct with the main aim of increasing impact factor.	Researchers Editors Journal editors Research Ethics Committees Research Integrity Officers
A Case Series in Publication Ethics: Multiple Submissions (1)	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3586923/	Cases	A researcher submitted a manuscript to two journals simultaneously. The decision of the editorial boards of both journals was to accept the article with minor revisions. The researcher emailed the editor in-chief of one of the journals and withdrew her submission. The article was published in the other journal.		Researchers Editors Journal editors Research Ethics Committees Research Integrity Officers
A Case Series in Publication Ethics: Multiple Submissions (2)	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3586923/	Cases	A researcher submitted a manuscript to a journal. After a couple of months of not hearing from the editorial board, they re-submitted the manuscript to another journal. A day after re-submission, they received an email from the first journal that their article was going to be accepted after minor revisions. They withdrew the re-submission from the second journal.		Researchers Research Ethics Committees Research Integrity Officers Editors Journal editors
A Case Series in Publication Ethics: Redundant Publication	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3586923/	Cases	A researcher had previously published an article in his native language. They prepared another article in English and submitted it to another journal. The manuscript was accepted for publication. However, the editor in-chief of the English journal managed to find out about the first article and asked the author to clarify the issue. The researcher asked for permission from the first journal to publish the article in English in another journal. Permission was granted. The article was published in English.		Researchers Research Ethics Committees Research Integrity Officers Editors Journal editors
A Case Study about Anonymization and Secondary Use of Qualitative Data	http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/511/1102	Cases	This case study describes how secondary qualitative data can be used and how the data can be anonymized. One issue arising from anonymisation of qualitative data is losing important contextual information. Ethical, practical and theoretical questions emerge when delving into the issue of anonymization of qualitative data for secondary use. In addition, the study describes some strengths and weaknesses of anonymization policies. '"`UNIQ--references-000002F4-QINU`"'	The four central questions the researchers pose in the study are: "What are the alternatives to anonymization?" "What is anonymization, in the context of secondary use of qualitative data?" "How can researchers best anonymize qualitative data for secondary use?" "What is enough anonymization?"	All stakeholders in research PhD students Junior researchers Supervisors Administrators
A Case of Non-Human Gene Editing-Introduction		Interactive
A Case of Non-Human Gene Editing-Malaria		Interactive
A Case of Non-Human Gene Editing-The ecologist’s perspective		Interactive
A Circularity Intro: Watch & Wonder		Interactive
A Data Governance Framework for Ethnography	https://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/172227/3/data%20governance%20framework%20181115.pdf	Guidelines	This is a resource for various stakeholders (scholars, funders, regulators, and ethics board) who are interested in how research in ethnography complies with the current requirements on data protection (GDPR) and open science.	This document is a guide for regulatory compliance in ethnography. Ethnography is a pillar of social-scientific research, and it is important to provide stakeholders with guidelines on how ethnographic research complies with current regulations. As a result, this document can help stakeholders to create their own data regulation plans and instruct them on the ethical compliance of ethnographic research.	Research Ethics Committees Data protection officers Funders Regulators Academic staff
A Famous Honesty Researcher Is Retracting A Study Over Fake Data	https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemlee/dan-ariely-honesty-study-retraction#:~:text=A%20landmark%20study,than%20400%20times.	Cases	Renowned psychologist Dan Ariely literally wrote the book on dishonesty. Now some are questioning whether the scientist himself is being dishonest. A landmark study that endorsed a simple way to curb cheating is going to be retracted nearly a decade later after a group of scientists found that it relied on faked data. According to the 2012 paper, when people signed an honesty declaration at the beginning of a form, rather than the end, they were less likely to lie. A seemingly cheap and effective method to fight fraud, it was adopted by at least one insurance company, tested by government agencies around the world, and taught to corporate executives. It made a splash among academics, who cited it in their own research more than 400 times.		Academic institutions Peer-reviewers Research Integrity Officers
A Guide to Internet Research Ethics (NESH, Norway)	https://www.forskningsetikk.no/en/guidelines/social-sciences-humanities-law-and-theology/a-guide-to-internet-research-ethics/	Guidelines	This guideline, published by the National Committee for Research Ethics in the Social Sciences and the Humanities (NESH), is meant to supplement the Ethical guidelines for research in the social sciences, humanities, law and theology (alo published by NESH. It is important because it pertains specifically to internet research, the use of which is growing in the social sciences and humanities.	Since technological advances are occurring at a fast pace, research is also being conducted through media such as the internet. Besides the technical aspects being relatively new, the ethical tensions underlying such research are also relatively unfamiliar. For instance, how does consent for internet research differ from the traditional informed consent? How do we ensure that data is shared in a fair way? How can the privacy of participants be protected? This document delves into many ethical gray areas ad offers practical advice on navigating them. As such, it is of immense practical value to researchers in Norway and around the world.	Research institutions Researchers
A Guidebook for Teaching Selected RCR Topics to Culturally Diverse Trainee Groups	https://ori.hhs.gov/images/ddblock/Alexander.RCR%20Guidebook.BW_.pdf	Education	This guidebook is intended for teaching specific topics on responsible conduct of research (RCR) to a trainee group with different cultural backgrounds. The aim is to address the training needs of the large group of international postdocs. Materials presented in this guidebook could also serve as model content for RCR instruction of international trainees.		Trainers
A Japanese developmental biology center, scientific misconduct and suicide	https://www.nature.com/news/collateral-damage-how-one-misconduct-case-brought-a-biology-institute-to-its-knees-1.17427	Cases	In 2014 in a stemcell research institute in Japan a research misconduct case came to light. The case was excessively covered by the media, with the media not only portraying the accused scientists as perpetrators, but criticizing the entire research centre. One of the members of the research centre committed suicide, causing upheaval in the Japanese research scene. As the case describes, the damage of the scientific misonconduct reaches far beyond the misconduct itself.	Scientific misconduct cases should be dealt with carefully, with appropriate protections in place for those that did not commit the misconduct. The 'side effects' of misconduct, including reputational damage, should be minimized or restored when a person or institute has been inaccurately accsued of misconduct.	Researchers Early career researchers PhD students Research performing organisations Research funding organisations Media
A Letter of Resignation	https://1752group.com/a-letter-of-resignation/	Cases	A case study appearing in a blog site that posts on sexual misconduct in higher education. Sexual demands, bullying, coercion, harassment and a long list of similar behaviours are less frequently reported as misconduct in research ethics; but do these behaviours comply with the ECCRI'"`UNIQ--ref-00000022-QINU`"s principle of respect for colleagues? or, with the good research practices of safeguards and collaborative working? '"`UNIQ--references-00000023-QINU`"'	This case is one of several examples - presented in this blog site - on how sexual misconduct can violate the ECCRI's principles and good practices in work spaces of academia.	Academic staff Women in academia
A Medical Ghostwriter’s Personal View	https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1001071	Cases	This is a factual anonymized case about a person who worked as a medical writer for almost 11 years. During this time she has written a variety of texts including the occasional ghostwritten article. In the article she describes her experience, motivation and her views about the problem of fraud in authorship.	This is a real case which might be useful for discussions on ghost authorship.	Researchers PhD Students Research integrity trainers medical researchers
A New Challenge to Research Ethics: Patients-Led Research (PLR) and the Role of Internet Based Social Networks	http://ebooks.iospress.nl/publication/42593	Education	This article addresses a new model of clinical research - Participants-Led Research (PLR). It also identifies ethical, legal and social issues as well as relevant concepts that may help solve them.		Researchers
A Passport for Open Science. A practical Guide for PhD students (2022), Berti, Dacos, Gallezot, Geroudet, Granger, Janik, Josserand, Lutz, Okret-Manville, Perrid, & Thiboud	https://www.ouvrirlascience.fr/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/24-02-22-PSO-EN-WEB.pdf	Guidelines	A Passport for Open Science: A Practical Guide for PhD Students (2022), produced in France, provides practical guidance for making research outputs openly accessible while balancing ethics, privacy, intellectual property, and security. It emphasizes open access to publications, Creative Commons licensing, persistent identifiers, deposition in trusted repositories, and FAIR-aligned data management plans. Responsibilities are shared across researchers, institutions, funders, and publishers, with clear guidance on planning for openness, retaining rights, acknowledging funding, and using infrastructure efficiently. Exceptions for sensitive or commercial data must be transparently justified. The guide highlights equity, zero-embargo access, multilingual communication, and minimizing publication costs, while focusing on quality of openness metadata, reproducibility, and interoperability rather than output counts. It aligns French practices with international standards like Plan S and EOSC and provides practical tools, examples, and checklists. For PhD students, it serves as a clear, actionable reference to comply with national open science expectations, improve transparency, and enhance reproducibility and equitable access.		researchers Research institutions Policy makers Journal publishers
A Plagiarism Adventure (Et Plagieringseventyr)	https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=Mwbw9KF-ACY	Education	Using the theme of Charles Dickens' "Christmas Carol," this amusing Norwegian video with English subtitles presents consequences of plagiarism.		Early career researchers PhD Students
A Reflection on Fraud and Misconduct in Biomedical Research	https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF03256779	Cases	This is a factual anonymised case focused on the practice of Gift Authorship.		Researchers Editors Journal editors Research Ethics Committees Research Integrity Officers
A Review of the Impact of the TeGenero Trial on the Design, Conduct, and Ethics of FIM Trials	https://journals.lww.com/americantherapeutics/Abstract/2007/11000/First_in_Man__FIM__Clinical_Trials_Post_TeGenero_.20.aspx	Cases	This factual case details a so-called ‘First-in-man’ (FIM) clinical trial that seriously harmed the six participants who received the drug under investigation. The report discusses the consequences of the disastrous trial for later FIM trials. The article considers the scientific consequences, such as the procedure to determine the acceptable dose of the drug, and reviews the ethical dimensions of FIM trials, like potential monetary compensation for the risks the participants take. '"`UNIQ--references-0000007B-QINU`"'	The health of the participants should be the top priority in clinical trials, especially in FIM trials where drugs are tested that potentially pose a high risk to the health of the participants. The case discussed here shows that even when the trial is reviewed and approved by ethical boards, it can end disastrously for the trial participants. Therefore, it is of the utmost importance to review the errors made and learn lessons from tragic cases such as the one discussed here. The overview presented by the current article may help us to do so. '"`UNIQ--references-0000007C-QINU`"'	Researchers Research Ethics Committees
A Short Guide to the Digital Humanities	https://jeffreyschnapp.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/D_H_ShortGuide.pdf	Guidelines	This short guide explains the basic concepts regarding digital humanities and the role of academic institutions in this matter. It also describes the skills and competences needed for doing digital humanities work as well as learning outcomes for digital humanities.		Researchers Students Academic institutions
A Survey of Doctoral Education in Communication Research Ethics	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01463379009369764	Education	This study examines the status of Ph.D. communication education in research ethics. The findings show that no Ph.D. communication program has a course specifically dedicated to communication research ethics.		Researchers Trainers
A University of Liverpool investigation determined that a former researcher there fabricated his data	https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2018/07/06/research-misconduct-update/	Cases	In 2017 a promising young liver specialist, was found to have fabricated spectroscopic findings. Several retractions followed the investigation.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000053-QINU`"' '"`UNIQ--references-00000054-QINU`"'	Revealing, investigating, reporting, and following up fraud can be resource consuming.	Researchers PhD students
A bibliometric analysis of an international research ethics trainee program	https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1525/jer.2013.8.5.75?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3Dpubmed&	Education	This study provides information on evaluation of the citations related to publications by trainees in the Fogarty International Center's International Research Ethics Education and Curriculum Development program. The authors analyzed 328 papers published between 2004 and 2008. The results show that the number of citations per paper is 3, 12.6% of papers were cited more than 10 times and the h-index is 22.		Trainees
A bullshit excuse? My lab notebook “was blown into a manure pit”	https://retractionwatch.com/2016/01/05/a-new-excuse-for-data-fabrication-my-notebook-blew-into-a-manure-pit/	Cases	Retraction Watch presents the case of a researcher who failed to declare conflicts of interest in his research; he has also allegedly fabricated and falsified data on his research to reach certain conclusions.		Research institutions industry stakeholders
A comparison of online versus on-site training in health research methodology: a randomized study	https://bmcmededuc.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/1472-6920-11-37	Education	In this randomized study, authors measured Biostatistics and Research Ethics online course knowledge, compared to traditional on-site training of the same course. Online and on-site training formats led to marked and similar improvements of knowledge in Biostatistics and Research Ethics.		All stakeholders in research
A framework for assessing the quality of democratic deliberation: enhancing deliberation as a tool for bioethic	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3336203/	Education	This study offers a framework to a democratic deliberation (DD) project regarding surrogate consent for dementia research. The authors concluded that participants learned and used new information, were collaborative and satisfied with the study. The participants also provided societal policy recommendations with regard to surrogate consent.		Researchers
A guidebook for teaching selected responsible conduct of research topics to a culturally diverse trainee group	https://ori.hhs.gov/images/ddblock/Alexander.RCR%20Guidebook.BW_.pdf	Education	The aim of this textbook from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia was to address the training needs of a large group of international postdocs regarding the RCR. The textbook contains a summary of different themes related to RCR, a script to facilitate small group discussions and teaching materials for topics regarding data management, intellectual property and research misconduct.		All stakeholders in research
A meta-analysis of studies of publication misrepresentation by applicants to residency and fellowship programs	https://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Fulltext/2010/09000/A_Meta_Analysis_of_Studies_of_Publication.18.aspx	Education	This study evaluates percentages of applicants to residency and fellowship programs that have publication misrepresentation reported in the literature. Most misrepresentations regard listing nonexistent articles, errors in authorship order and non-authorship. The study shows that misrepresentation decreases when uniform inclusion criteria are applied.		Postgraduate students
A proposal for a model of informed consent for the collection, storage and use of biological materials for research purposes	https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18243633/	Education	This article suggests a model of informed consent intended for the collection, storage and use of biological materials in local biobanks for health research purposes. The model can serve as a useful guideline for the development of specific consent forms that can be used by researchers.		Researchers
A qualitative approach to Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) training development: identification of metacognitive strategies	https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11948-007-9035-4	Education	This article discusses qualitative approach to RCR training development, based on a sensemaking model. It identifies nine metacognitive reasoning strategies for future development of RCR training.		Researchers Trainers
A scoping review of competencies for scientific editors of biomedical journals.	https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-016-0561-2	Education	The authors of this study conducted a scoping review to explore the competency requirements for editors of biomedical journals. They informed that this was the first step to develop a set of core competences for editors of biomedical journals.		Journal editors
A systematic approach to instruction in research ethics	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08989621.2013.822269?journalCode=gacr20	Education	The study described systematic efforts to develop instructional programs with regard to defining and planning learning needs and environment as well as evaluating learning. The focus of the study was on research ethics. It concluded that a systematic framework to develop instruction in research ethics needs to be applied.		trainers
A virtue ethics guide to best practices for community-based participatory research	https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20208304/	Education	This study presents an overview of virtue ethics theory. It also identifies common ethical problems in community-based participatory research (CBPR). The authors discuss how virtues can be used as a guide in ethical research practice.		Researchers
AI Ethics - Helicopter research_Vid10		Interactive
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