Integrity and misconduct in research : report of the Commission on Research Integrity to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the House Committee on Commerce, the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
- United States. Commission on Research Integrity
- Date:
- 1995
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Integrity and misconduct in research : report of the Commission on Research Integrity to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the House Committee on Commerce, the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Commentary on Offenses Described in the Definition of Research Misconduct Introduction For purposes of research funded by the Public Health Service, the current definition of misconduct survives in a 1989 regulation describing the Office of Scientific Integrity. Such definition reads as follows: Misconduct or Misconduct in Science means fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, or other practices that seriously deviate from those that are commonly accepted within the scientific community for proposing, conducting, or reporting research. It does not include honest error or honest differences in interpretations or judgments of data.’ This regulation requires amendment to reflect the replacement in 1992 of the Office of Scientific Integrity by a differently structured Office of Research Integrity. Even more urgent is the question of the adequacy of the foregoing definition. Among criticisms of it has been the conclusion of a panel of the National Academy of Sciences that the lack of a clear definition of actions highly detrimental to the integrity of the research process has impeded development of effective institutional oversight and government policies and procedures .. na The National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993, which provided for creation of the Commission on Research Integrity, directed the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate a definition of research misconduct within 90 days after submission of the Commission’s report.’ The definition of research misconduct proposed by the Commission prohibits overt forms of intellectual dishonesty that are inconsistent with the ethical principles with which the definition begins. In light of the significant number of issues posed by any formulation of misconduct offenses, the substantial history of discussion to date, and the * 42CRR. § 50.102. Interim procedures that have not been codified appear at 56 F.R. 27384 (June 13, 1991) and 57 F.R. 53125 (November 6, 1992). 4 National Academy of Sciences, Panel on Scientific Responsibility and the Conduct of Research: Responsible Science: Ensuring the Integrity of the Research Process. Washington, D. C.: National Academy Press, 1992, p. 25. > PL. 103-43 § 165 [a][2].](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32228041_0062.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
