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10 Education for the Responsible Conduct of Research
Pages 195-204

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From page 195...
... Improved assessments of the effects of RCR education can help develop approaches that will support both researchers and the broader institutional climate in which research takes place. RCR education can be a significant component in improving research integrity, and it will be most effective when undertaken as one of a broader set of strategies that encourage responsible conduct and discourage research misconduct and detrimental research practices.
From page 196...
... ducation in RCR is considered essential in the preparation of future scientists and engineers. The COMPETES Act focuses public attention on the importance of the national research community's enduring commitment and broader efforts to provide RCR training as an integral part of the preparation and long-term professional development of current and future generations of scientists and engineers.
From page 197...
... Objectives, goals, and advantages overlap and are not always easy to distinguish. Overall Objectives Among the major objectives identified in the literature on RCR education are the following: • Ensuring and improving the integrity of research; promoting good behav ior and quality research conduct; • Preventing bad behavior; decreasing research misconduct; • Making trainees aware of the expectations about research conduct within the research enterprise and as articulated in various federal, state, institu tional, and professional laws, policies, and practices that exist; • Making practitioners and trainees aware of the uncertainty of some norms and standards in research practices due to such factors as changes in the technology used in research and the globalization of research; • Promoting and achieving public trust in science and engineering; • Managing the impact of research on the world beyond the lab, including society and the environment.
From page 198...
... For many RCR educators, decision making, and specifically ethical decision making, should be the primary focus of RCR education. Kalichman has succinctly argued for this; he identifies three possible objectives for RCR education: decreased research misconduct, increased responsible conduct of research, and improvements in ethical decision making (Kalichman, 2012)
From page 199...
... . Despite the challenges of assessment, the Project for Scholarly Integrity at the Council of Graduate Schools and discussion at the Ethics Education in Science and Engineering Workshop at the National Academy of Engineering both support the assertion that assessment is critical to successful and sustainable RCR programs (CGS, 2012; NAE, 2009)
From page 200...
... For example, a 1-hour module on data sharing or conflicts of interest will have narrower and different goals than would a full-semester course or a guest lecture series. A number of formats have been adopted to provide RCR training for science and engineering trainees, including graduate students, postdoctoral trainees, and undergraduate students.
From page 201...
... Beyond improved moral reasoning, the topics in research practice that should be covered in an RCR educational program have received only limited discussion. Such topics can include issues of credit in authorship and intellectual property (including issues of plagiarism)
From page 202...
... Additional online repositories and collaborative environments for RCR educational materials include the website of the National Academy of Engineering's Online Ethics Center for Science and Engineering (www.onlineethics.org) , the NSF-funded National Ethics Center (Ethics CORE)
From page 203...
... Hundreds of thousands of print and electronic copies of the guide have been distributed since the first edition was released in 1988. In 2016 the InterAcademy Partnership released Doing Global Science: A Guide to Responsible Conduct in the Global Research Enterprise, intended for use in education and training contexts on a global basis (IAP, 2016)
From page 204...
... Ideally, mentors, other research scientists, and institutional leaders all actively participate in RCR discussions, since everyone involved in such discussions can benefit from open and honest discourse regarding best practices and detrimental research practices. A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO RCR EDUCATION RCR education cannot be considered a total solution to the problem of ensuring responsible conduct.


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