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This is a factual case about three child psychiatrists who failed to disclose consultancy fees that they received from pharmaceutical companies. Between 2000 and 2007, the three researchers received a combined total of $4.2 million from different companies. The three scientists claim that this was an honest mistake, and consequently were "banned from participating in 'industry-sponsored outside activities' for one year, to be followed by a two-year period of close monitoring and a delay in consideration for promotion.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000012F-QINU`"'
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A PI and her students are performing a promising experiment but they experience some difficulties with the material they use. They discover that their experiment could be improved by exchanging one of their materials for another, toxic material. Should they change the material? What are the responsibilities of the PI towards her students? Do the students have any role in the decision? +
This case describes how a high profile Chinese scientist, who at one point was the head of the research integrity initiative in China, become involved in a research scandal of his own work. Image manipulation expert, Elizabeth Bik, uncovered in 2013 that over 40 papers co-authored by the scientist appeared to be falsified. In several of his papers images appeared to be falsified.'"`UNIQ--ref-000000B2-QINU`"' An overview of the papers of the scientist, of which several are now retracted, can be found on PubPeer. '"`UNIQ--ref-000000B3-QINU`"' +
This study identifies timeliness as one of the most important aims of health care. It is recognized as a fundamental factor in quality of care, measuring of wait times and the amount of times it takes for a patient to have access to an appointment and see a clinician. The authors conclude that timeliness emerged as a crucial indicator of overall system performance. +
This fictional and educational case describes the use and impact of herbicide resistant rice, a type of rice genetically modified to resist weeds. +
This short text gives an example of a successful replication of a Van Gogh's work of art “Sunset at Montmajour”. The painting was stored in an attic for a century because it was believed to be a fake. However, a new research, including analysis of the pigments in the paint and their discoloration (and also letters from Van Gogh), the Van Gogh Museum has changed its view. +
An anthropologist on a Native American reservation has been told that a person committed a serious crime. He denies meeting this person when questioned by the tribal police. +
An anthropologist on a Native American reservation has been told that a person committed a serious crime. He meets the suspect but denies having seen them when questioned by the tribal police. +
History Educators in the Western Balkans Participate in New Training with “Once Upon a Time…We Lived Together. 1900-1945” +
This multilingual teaching tool is the main outcome of the History that Conects project "How to teach Sensitive and Controversial History in the countries of former Yugoslavia?" (2011-2014). It contains 23 workshops focusing on some of the most sensitive and controversial issues in the region between 1900-1945. Educators from all seven project countries - Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia - contributed to this publication. +
This is a factual case about a medical study that took place in a Guatemalan prison. In this study, experiments into syphilis infection were performed on military personnel, prisoners, asylum inmates, and orphans, without their consent. Rather than giving a detailed description of events, like other reports on this subject have already done, the article reconstructs the research environment that allowed this unethical study to take place. +
An author sends his manuscript to be submitted for review. The referee, who gives a positive review, claims he was coincidentally working on the same problem, and weeks later submits his own paper on the subject. The author complains about this to the editor, who calls the referee. The referee is vague and capricious in his answers. +
The case focuses on the complicated story of a genetic research on sexual orientation. +
This a real case about an orthopaedic expert (Prof. Aspenberg) who was invited to join a workgroup in a luxury hotel in Switzerland, so that he would advocate for a new commercial method of bone enhancement called prophylactic surgery. He was also asked to become a co-author of a paper that promotes this method and an associated product. He realises that this is set up by a commercial company and that both the working group and the follow-up paper are aimed at promoting the company's product, and he declines the request to advocate for the method, or become a co-author. +
How can we provide effective training for research ethics committee members? A European assessment +
This article examines a workshop which dealt with issue of training for members of research ethics committees (RECs) throughout Europe. It summarizes the discussion and provides solutions to develop REC training. +
This video addresses disclosure of financial and nonfinancial relationships and activities. It contains relevant guidance on how to handle them. +
How to coexist in the laboratory without committing a homicide/suicide? A few of the most typical laboratory difficulties that need to be handled are organization and staff issues. '"`UNIQ--ref-00000269-QINU`"'
Because of that, it is important to nourish the virtues of collaborative spirit, patience, and humility at the workplace.
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How to make the digital scholarly monograph fit for Open Access by applying smart services and tools +
This infographic presents and describes smart services and tools for open access scholarly monographs publishing. These are identification service, annotation service, peer-review certification system, metrics service and name entity recognition. +
This visual art aims to increase awareness on research integrity and serves as a learning tool. It consists of four parts. First part focuses on image manipulation and falsification. Second part deals with research data which includes human errors, poor choices and complete fabrication. Third part, that copes with text-based information, addresses plagiarism, fake journals and censorship. Fourth part concerns detection of grey zones between minor problems and negligence. +
This case study presents a number of research ethics violations by a distinguished eye doctor who has helped in developing break-through medical treatments. +
The Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) Online Training provides those in the legal and health field with the necessary information to understand the key human rights principles in the biomedical field. The course covers legal instruments, including the [[Resource:5d5f90dc-227a-4637-8aa0-2157dcdf17df|Oviedo convention]], European Court of Law and non-binding instruments adopted by the Council of Europe Committee on Bioethics. +
