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From The Embassy of Good Science
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Support for research can be organized at various levels. With the establishment of policy-level bodies that guide and stimulate research, the Danish Government hopes to encourage innovation and collaboration on a higher level. +
From the principles underlying integrity in research to the planning, management and dissemination if results, this document provides good practice guidelines for every step of research. It is important for staff and researchers to be aware of these university policies that support good research practices. +
It shows that some researchers might use ethical reasoning (e.g. protecting subjects' confidentiality) to fabricate data and results. +
Reporting guidelines are essential in disseminating research results and supporting best research practices. Using guidelines will lead to more complete papers, increasing the quality of papers at the same time. There are several ethical advances related to using guidelines, such as fairly using resources, minimizing risk of harm and maximizing benefit of research '"`UNIQ--ref-00000007-QINU`"'. As a result this might lead to a reduce in research waste. The aim of a reporting guideline is to ensure that, for instance, readers understand the text, research can be replicated by other researchers, that the research can be included in a systematic review or that it can aid doctors in making clinical decisions. A reporting guideline should include at least a clear list of what should appear in a paper and how that list was developed '"`UNIQ--ref-00000008-QINU`"'.
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The ETHNA System. A Guide to the Ethical Governance of RRI in Innovation and Research in Research Performing Organisations and Research Funding Organisations. +
Organisations involved in Research and Innovation (R&I) are encouraged to consider the consequences of their activities and incorporate society’s expectations into their work so that they can develop in a sustainable and effective way.
An ethical governance system for research and innovation helps organisations to achieve these aims. +
To promote research integrity, it is important that one completely grasps the concept of research integrity and that one can explain it. Various explications and definitions of research integrity have been offered over the years. However, none of these explications did fully meet the four criteria for a sufficient explication, as outlined by Rudolf Carnap.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000001-QINU`"' Therefore, this article comes up with an explication of research integrity that fully adheres to these principles and enables more people to understand research integrity. This explication may be used to test, explain, and increase the epistemic integrity of future scientific research.
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While the Embassy of Good Science is focused on research ethics and integrity, it is interesting for those reflecting about scientific integrity to understand how other organisations construct their ethics codes. +
Historically, participants in genetic studies predominantly had European ancestry. To better understand how different groups have different medical challenges, it is important to chart the genomes of ethnic groups worldwide. Yet, the way in which this is done poses ethical challenges. '"`UNIQ--ref-00000002-QINU`"'
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Studies that are financed by the pharmaceutical industry may be subject to a conflict of interest of the company. Routine contacts of the pharmaceutical company and the scientists may cause the scientist to perceive the unethical behaviour as normal. Adopting this new ‘social organization approach’, rather than analysing the individual characters, may give insight into how these company-scientist interactions can lead to unethical behaviour. Therefore, this case may potentially help us to prevent future unethical behaviour in pharmaceutical industry-sponsored studies.<br />
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The rights of research subjects should be protected in all cases. One of the central principles in healthcare is to provide the best treatment possible. However, as stated in the article, sometimes a public health measure can be so expensive that one cannot reasonably expect taxpayers to carry its financial burden. Accordingly, it can be useful to have less expensive, but also less efficacious public health interventions. Nonetheless, the usage of such a less expensive measure may only be justified in certain situations. The ethical framework outlined in this article may help to decide when it is justified to study and use such less effective public health measures. <br />
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The code provides a framework concerning emerging challenges and technological developments. The European Commission and all EU-funded research projects take the code as a core reference, that serves as a model for research organisations across Europe. Besides, it has been endorsed by the European Association of Social Psychology, in their Diversity and Scientific Integrity Statement. +
The Code is important because it helps safeguard the '''trustworthiness and quality''' of research in a rapidly changing scientific environment. By providing a common, widely recognised standard for ethics and integrity, it supports transparency, reproducibility, and responsibility in research which are vital for scientific credibility, public trust, and societal impact. The 2023 update ensures these standards remain relevant in light of new data-management norms, Open Science, AI tools, and evolving publication practices. It also promotes a healthy research culture that values equity, inclusion, and fairness, making research more ethical and socially responsible. +
The 2017 revised edition of the Code addresses emerging challenges emanating from technological developments, open science, citizen science and social media, among other areas. The European Commission recognises the Code as the reference document for research integrity for all EU-funded research projects and as a model for organisations and researchers across Europe. It has been endorsed by the European Association of Social Psychology, in their Diversity and Scientific Integrity Statement. +
The European Code positions itself as the basis for ensuring research integrity, underpinning local, national and discipline specific codes of conduct. The 2023 edition of the code emphasises the objectivity and impartiality of science as key to maintaining research integrity and trust in scientific institutions, but at the same time emphasises the importance of diversity of viewpoints in research as key to achieving these standards. +
Bioethics and law are two matters very much controversial between states since they are related to the core beliefs of each state. Therefore, the ECHRBmed serves as a unifying point, providing basic and general principles. The European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology endorses the ECHRBmed in their Code of Ethics. +
Having strong guidelines for the conduct of good clinical practice is important for conducting medical research with integrity, and in such a way that the privacy and autonomy of patients and subjects is respected. +
The current article suggests that text recycling may lead to an unfair advantage in our current scientific working environment, which values the number of publications of an individual researcher and awards grants and funding accordingly. In this system, scientists that engage in text recycling are rewarded more for their work than scientists that do not recycle their texts. Although some argue that text recycling cannot be classified as scientific misconduct, there are now policies and guidelines that contain regulations on text recycling.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000001-QINU`"''"`UNIQ--ref-00000002-QINU`"' The research discussed here shows that the incidence of problematic text recycling is considerable and higher than other forms of scientific misconduct, such as plagiarism and fabrication. In addition, it gives insight into its possible causes and the influence of policy and journal editors on this practice. Therefore, developing better policies might help to prevent problematic text recycling.
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The Finnish Code of Conduct for Research Integrity and Procedures for Handling Alleged Violations of Research Integrity in Finland +
The changes made to the Finnish code of conduct show a move to a more international understanding of what constitutes research integrity and good research practice. +
The Finnish Code of Conduct for Research Integrity and Procedures for Handling Alleged Violations of Research Integrity in Finland (2023), Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK +
The Finnish Code of Conduct for Research Integrity and Procedures for Handling Alleged Violations of Research Integrity in Finland distils national expectations for research integrity in Finland and clarifies what researchers and institutions in Finland need to do to comply. It reduces ambiguity, aligns local practice with international norms, and offers actionable steps that improve transparency, reproducibility, and equitable access. For policy leads, it is a benchmark;for authors and administrators, it is a practical checklist. Published by Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK in 2023, it is a credible reference to cite in institutional policies, training, and grant documentation. +
In the context of competitive grant allotments based on the novelty and merit of research ideas, breaches of scientific integrity at the proposal stage are of high importance. Specifically, plagiarism in research proposals could result in unfairly allocated or even duplicate funding. This results in the inefficient usage of research funds, and it is therefore essential that funding organizations identify and handle such breaches at effectively an early stage. This guideline document provides guidance on how to identify and address plagiarised proposals. +
