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From The Embassy of Good Science
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The aim of this study was to investigate students' views on plagiarism and to develop learning materials that would educate them to avoid plagiarism in their work. The study showed that students understand the concept of plagiarism and new learning materials turned out to be applicable to different disciplines, with numerous advantages over other methods of plagiarism reduction. +
In the second (face to face) group session trainers wrap up the training,foster a reflection on the experiences of trainees with the exercises and supervise trainees in practicing selected exercises again. The goals of the session are:
1) Trainees understand what a virtue-based approach to research integrity
2) Trainees practice again facilitating (part of) the exercises
3) Ideally, trainees leave the training feeling confident in facilitating the exercises
4) Trainees know the specific goals of the exercises and their contribution to the overall goals of the training
5) Trainees are aware of the possibility to adapt the training materials according the requirements of their own work context
6) Trainees know how to find all relevant materials and support for organizing a training themselves. +
In the second (face to face) group session trainees get together again for the last time and reflect back on the content of the training and on their experience in facilitating the exercises. In particular during the session trainees:
1) Reflect on their understanding of a virtue-based approach to research integrity and on how to enable a virtue ethics approach in people’s ways to think about and do research.
2) Practice again facilitating (part of) the exercises and address doubts and questions that might have arisen during the time in between the two face-to-face sessions.
3) Revise and reflect on the specific goals of the exercises and their contribution to the overall goals of the training.
4) Reflect on the possibility to adapt the training materials according the requirements of their own work context.
5) Lear how to find all relevant materials and support in organizing a training themselves. +
This is a factual case. +
This study has argued that Reflexive Principlism could become the best approach to developing ethical reasoning skill in engineering. This approach is a process of reflective, iterative and ethical-decision making and it aligns with the engineering design process.
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Field research is essential for advancing knowledge of ecosystem processes and functions. However, if not carefully carried out, field research can lead to serious environmental and ethical consequences, including habitat disruption, heightened stress for wildlife, and a decline in biodiversity (Horváth et al. 2019;Keck et al. 2025), suggesting that the way we conduct field research matters as much as the findings themselves.
This micromodule provides practical guidance to minimize these impacts. Learners will explore strategies for safe, inclusive, and responsible field research activities and examine ethical considerations in wildlife research. Through examples and case studies, participants will gain tools to conduct research responsibly while supporting environmental sustainability and ethical standards. +
Replicability or replication in science refers to being able to repeat findings of another experiment. Successful replication supports the validity of a certain discovery, increases public trust in science and impacts public health. +
There is an ongoing discussion whether replicability is possible and even desirable in the humanities. While some scholars argue in favor of it, others criticize the idea and claim that replicability is neither possible or necessary in all of humanities. +
This study analyzes RCR instructors' goals for RCR education. The study findings on diversity of these goals suggest that effectiveness of RCR education should be improved. +
This study identifies responsible conduct of research (RCR) instructors’ goals for RCR education. The study findings suggest that there is a lack of consensus about these goals. +
A researcher finds out that a drug she is promoting at a pharmacological conference may have serious adverse effects. +
A researcher on the cutting edge of science fails to publish impactful findings because they are more interested in securing future funding. +
Jenny Diaz is nearing her tenure evaluation and wants to improve her publication record by submitting two papers based on data from a project that is still underway. She is worried that doing so would jeopardize future findings of the projects and two dissertations based on the data collected through the project. The case study asks whether she should submit the articles. +
This Web page provides step-by-step guidance on how to report various censurable activities such as breaches of ethical norms, harassment, misappropriation of funds or criminal activities. It ensures that the reporter has adequate background information and that anonymity is maintained during the process. +
A mentor supervises a student who takes additional courses in another department. During a google search out of curiosity, the mentor finds out the student has plagiarised large parts of his essays for those courses. +
One of the pathways by which the scientific community confirms the validity of a new scientific discovery is by repeating the research that produced it. When a scientific effort fails to independently confirm the computations or results of a previous study, some fear that it may be a symptom of a lack of rigor in science, while others argue that such an observed inconsistency can be an important precursor to new discovery. +
The case focuses on editorial decision-making regarding controversial methodology and post-publication peer review. Two published articles focused on the effect of energy healing on an in-vitro model of disease. Whistleblower concerns were raised about the appropriateness and reproducibility of the energy healing methodology used. +
The video series is about the main issues related to the so-called reproducibility crisis. +
The University of Edinburghs Research Data Service provides a suite of tools and support that helps staff and students be effective with their research data before, during and after their project. +
