List of Ethics and Professional Integrity Resources

List of Ethics and Professional Integrity Resources

Plagiarism and Scientific Misconduct

• UR Policy on Research Misconduct
• UR Academic Honesty Policy
• Federal Policy on Misconduct in Science
• University Regulations Concerning Graduate Students
• Office of Research Integrity Policy on Plagiarism
• UR Instructions for the Preparation of Doctoral Theses
• Responding to Research Wrongdoing
• “What is Truth? Standards of Scientific Integrity in American Heart Association Journals,” Editorial by Dr. J. Miano.
• The National Academies, On Being a Scientist, 3rd Edition: The Treatment of Data (p. 8-11), Mistakes and Negligence (p. 12-14), Research Misconduct (p. 15-18), and Responding to Suspected Violations of Professional Standards (p. 19-23). National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, 2009.

Animal Experimentation

• UR University Committee on Animal Resources
• The National Academies, On Being a Scientist, 3rd Edition: Human Participants and Animal Subjects in Research (p. 24-27). National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, 2009.

Student-Mentor Relationship

• URMC Expectations of Graduate Students and Research Advisors — see the forms website
• How to get the mentoring you want, a brochure from the Rackham Graduate School, Univ. Michigan
• Intellectual Properties Policies at the University of Rochester
• Macrina, Franscis L.,Scientific Integrity, 3rd Edition: Chapters 3 and 9, Mentoring and Ownership of Data and Intellectual Property. ASM Press 2005.
• The National Academies, On Being a Scientist, 3rd Edition: Advising and Mentoring (p. 4-7). National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, 2009.

Human Experimentation/Conflict of Interest

Clinical Research Ethics

• Office of Human Subjects Protection
• University of Rochester Research Subjects Review Board
• University of Rochester Conflicts of Interest Policies: Code of Conduct for Business Activities: Conflict of Interest
• Guidance and Advice for Faculty Who Engage in Outside Consulting
• Faculty Policy on Faculty Conflict of Commitment and Interest
• URMC Guidelines for Managing Faculty Financial Conflict of Interest in Clinical Trials

Guidelines on Research Integrity and Conflict of Interest

• Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
• Interactions between the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) and the Pharmaceutical, Biotech, Medical Device, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Industries (“Industry”)
• URMC Conflict of Interest Compliance
• For Inventors: University Policy on Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer
• Code of Conduct for Business Activities: Conflict of Interest
• Corporate Purchasing Statement of Business Practices and Policies: Conflict of Interest
• SMH Policy 1.7, Code of Organization and Business Ethics
• SMH Policy 7.9, Pharmaceutical Company Representatives
• University of Rochester Institutional Conflict of Interest in Research Policy
• “URMC Reporting of Compensated Outside Activities (implemented March 2010)”
• Office of Research Project Administration

Important External Links

• NIH Financial Conflict of Interest Website
• Office of Research Integrity – Conflicts of Interest and Commitment Resources
• Association of American Universities
• Institute of Medicine Conflict of Interest in Medical Research, Education, and Practice, 2009
• FDA: Financial Disclosure by Clinical Investigators
• The National Academies, On Being a Scientist, 3rd Edition: Human Participants and Animal Subjects in Research (p. 24-27) and Competing Interests, Commitments, and Values (p. 43-47). National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, 2009.

Publication and Copyright

• The National Academies, On Being a Scientist, 3rd Edition: Authorship and Allocation of Credit (p. 35-38). National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, 2009.

Stem Cell Research

• The National Institutes for Health Resource of Stem Cell Research
• National Academy of Sciences Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research. The National Academy of Sciences developed its first set of ethical standards for stem cell research in 2005. The guidelines were updated in 2007, 2008, and 2010. Final Report
• NIH website of approved human ES cell lines
• Fischbach GD, Fischbach RL. Stem cells: science, policy, and ethics. J Clin Invest 114: 1364, 2004.
• Walters L. Human embryonic stem cell research: an intercultural perspective. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 14:3, 2004.
• Hyun I. The bioethics of stem cell research. J Clin Invest 120:71, 2010.