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Research
Integrity Officer
- Matthew Ronning
- (919) 513-2148 – Phone
- matt_ronning@ncsu.edu
Associate Research Integrity Officer
- Debra Paxton
- (919) 515-4514 – Phone
- debra_paxton@ncsu.edu
Associate Research Integrity Officer
- Richard Best
- (919) 515-0158 – Phone
- richard_best@ncsu.edu
NC State’s Policies and Guidelines
- Documentation Rules at NC State – Scholarly Data Management and Ownership
- Reporting Research Misconduct – A supplement to Regulation 10.00.2
- Responsibility – PI responsibilities for all lab activity
- Presentation – Research Integrity, Can you stay awake?
- Policy on Misconduct – NC State’s Regulations
Training and Awareness
The Lab: Avoiding
Research Misconduct
An Interactive Movie
Below are some of the options available to provide foundational training and awareness in the responsible conduct in research. NC State University strongly encourages that faculty and instructors incorporate all relevant principles of responsible conduct in research into their course curriculums, especially research methods and independent study courses. Refer to the Graduate School’s Responsible Conduct in Research for a comprhensive resource of training and awareness programming.
Ethics CORE Resource
- NC State’s Rule for RCR Education
- NC State’s Approved RCR Coursework
- NC State’s Moodle Course – Foundations in RCR (RCR 101)
- CITI for Human Subjects – Contact SPARCS
- SPARCS e-Tutorial for Animal Subjects
- Research Ethics and Academic Integrity Video Vignettes
- Research Ethics Topics
- Graduate Student Responsibilities
- Faculty Responsibilities for Advising Graduate Students and Postdocs
In the News
- Yale Professor at Peking U. Assails Widespread Plagiarism in China
- Hwang Woo Suk – Stem Cell Lies
- Wired News: Faked Research Results on the Rise
- News and Observer: Journal Retracts Former Professor’s Data
- One in Three Scientists Confesses to have Sinned – Nature Vol 435, June 9, 2005
- The politics of publication – Nature Vol 422, March 20, 2003
- Misconduct: The Stars that fell to the Earth – Nature Vol 420, December 26, 2002
- Chronicle of Higher Ed: Special Report on Plagiarism
- NY Times: An Unwelcome Discovery (Subscription Required)
- ORI Newsletter
Primary Sources of Public Expectations
- Sigma Xi Publications
- Making the Right Moves – HHMI/BWF
- PHS – Guide to Lab Management
- American Association of University Professors
- National Academies On Being a Scientist
- The Scientist – Guide to Retractions
Important Literature
- Writing the Laboratory Notebook, Howard M. Kanare PhD, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 1985.
- Scientific Integrity: An Introductory Text with Cases, 2nd Edition, Francis L. Macrina PhD, ASM Press, Washington, DC, 2000 (look at chapters 3 and 11)
- Scientific Integrity: Text and Cases in Responsible Conduct of Research, 3rd Edition, Francis L. Macrina PhD, ASM Press, Washington, DC, 2005
- Responsible Conduct of Research, Adil E. Shamoo and David B. Resnik, Oxford University Press, 2003
- Responsible Conduct of Research, Adil E. Shamoo and David B. Resnik, Oxford University Press, 2009
- Responsible Science, Volume I: Ensuring the Integrity of the Research Process (1992)
National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine (SEM) - Responsible Science, Volume II: Background Papers and Resource Documents, National Academies Press
- Other related material from NAS/NAE