Responsible Scholarship

The following list contains links to online tutorials, recommended textbooks, and audio-visual materials available for checkout from Research Integrity.

KU Courses

• Integrating Ethics into Graduate and Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Courses—Lisa Friis
• Introducing Ethics to Geography Graduate Students Using Various Instructional Materials—Terry A. Slocum
• The Ethics of Scientific Research Course - Ben Eggleston
• Issues in Scientific Integrity Course - Ronald Borchardt

Policies and Forms

• Research Skills and Responsible Scholarship policy
• University Senate Rules and Regulations policy on scholarly misconduct
• Research and Graduate Studies Conflict of Interest policy

Professional Associations

• Education
  • Association for the Study of Higher Education—Ethical Principles
  • Council of Graduate Schools: Project for Scholarly Integrity
  • Association for Institutional Research—Code of Ethics
• Liberal Arts
  • American Folklore Society—Statement of Ethics
  • American Folklore Society—Statement on Research with Human Subjects
  • American Historical Association—Statement on Standards of Professional Conduct
  • American Political Science Association
  • American Psychological Association (APA)
  • APA Committee on Animal Research and Ethics
  • American Sociological Association (ASA)
  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
  • College Art Association—Standards and Guidelines
  • Conference on College Composition and Communication—Guidelines for Ethical Conduct of Research in Composition Studies
  • Linguistic Society of American—Ethics Statement
  • Modern Language Association—Statement of Professional Ethics
• Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • National Association of Professional Engineers
  • American Chemical Society—Professional Ethics and Moral Responsibilities in Chemistry
  • American Institute of Chemical Engineers
  • American Mathematical Society—Ethical Guidelines
  • American Physiological Society—Ethical Policies
  • American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology—Ethics Resources on the Web
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)—Ethics Center
  • American Society for Microbiology
  • American Society of Civil Engineers
  • American Society of Plant Biologists—Ethics in Publishing
  • American Society of Plant Biologists—Conflicts of Interest
  • American Statistical Association—Privacy, Confidentiality, and Data Security
  • American Statistical Association—Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice
  • Biomedical Engineering Society—Code of Ethics
  • Society for Neuroscience—Responsible Conduct Regarding Scientific Communication
• Social Welfare
  • National Association of Social Workers
  • National Council on Social Work Education

Resources

• General Resources
  • Ethics in the University: Reflections on Responsible Scholarship -University of Kansas, Office of Research and Graduate Studies
  • On Being a Scientist: A Guide to Responsible Conduct in Research (3rd Edition)-National Academies of Science (2009)
  • ORI Introduction to the Responsible Conduct of Research-Office of Research Integrity (Nicholas H. Steneck) (2004)
  • Research Ethics: Text and Readings-Burnbaum, Deborah R. and Michael Byron. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2001.
  • Responsible Conduct of Research-Shamoo, Adil E. and David B. Resnik. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
  • Ethical Dimensions of the Biological and Health Sciences-Bulger, Ruth Ellen, Elizabeth Heitman, and Stanley Joel Reiser, eds. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002.
  • Scientific Integrity: Text and Cases in the Responsible Conduct of Research-Macrina, Francis L. Washington, D.C.: ASM Press, 2005.
  • Scientific Ethics for CDC/ATSDR-Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (funded by ORI)
  • A Guidebook for Teaching Selected RCR Topics to Culturally Diverse Trainee Groups-Office of Research Integrity (Nicholas H. Steneck) (2004)
  • Responsible Research- National Academy of Engineering Online Ethics Center
  • KU Initiative in Ethics Education in Science and Engineering-KU Research & Graduate Studies
  • Archive of prior Responsible Conduct of Research workshops at KU
• Data Acquistion, Management, Sharing, and Ownership
  • Data Acquisition and Management-Columbia University/ Responsible Conduct of Research Education Committee (RCREC)
  • Guidelines for Responsible Data Management in Scientific Research-Clinical Tools, Inc. (funded by ORI)
  • Data Management-Northern Illinois University (funded by ORI)
• Publication Practices, Responsible Authorship, and Peer Review
  • "In the Lab": Mentors and Students Behind the Scenes: Authorship and Collaboration-University of Alabama at Birmingham Center for Ethics and Values in the Sciences (funded by ORI)
    
  • Responsible Authorship and Peer Review-Columbia University/ Responsible Conduct of Research Education Committee (RCREC)
  • Avoiding Plagiarism, Self-Plagiarism, and Other Questionable Writing Practices: A Guide to Ethical Writing-Miguel Roig, St. John's University (funded by ORI)
  • Peer Review Resources-Yale University (funded by ORI)
  • Peer Review Tool-University of Maryland (funded by ORI)
  • The Digital Difference: Responsible Conduct of Research in a Networked World-Richard Fyffe, Scott Walter /KU graduate School
• Collaborative Research
  • Collaborative Science-Columbia University/ Responsible Conduct of Research Education Committee (RCREC)
  • Collaborative Research-Northern Illinois University (funded by ORI)
• Conflict of Interest and Commitment
  • Conflict of Interest-Columbia University/ Responsible Conduct of Research Education Committee (RCREC)
  • Research Conflict of Interest Training-University of Texas Health Center at Houston
  • Conflict of Interest-Cleveland State University (funded by ORI)
  • Financial Relationships and Interests in Research Involving Human Subjects: Guidance for Human Subject Protection-Office of Human Research Protections
• Responsible Management of Grants
  • Managing Cost Issues-National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA)
  • Effective Proposal Development-National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA)
  • Sponsored Projects Essentials-National Council of University Administrators
• Research Misconduct
  • The Lab: Avoiding Research Misconduct-Office of Research Integrity
  • "In the Lab": Mentors and Students Behind the Scenes: Scientific Misconduct-University of Alabama at Birmingham Center for Ethics and Values in the Sciences (funded by ORI)
  • Avoiding Plagiarism, Self-Plagiarism, and Other Questionable Writing Practices: A Guide to Ethical Writing-Miguel Roig, St. John's University (funded by ORI)
  • Making the Right Moves in Handling Research Misconduct Allegations-National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA)
• Mentor/Trainee Responsibilities
  • Adviser, Teacher, Role Model, Friend: On Being a Mentor to Students in Science and Engineering-National Academy of Sciences/National Academy of Engineering/Institute of Medicine, 1997
  • "In the Lab": Mentors and Students Behind the Scenes: Mentoring and Relationships in the Laboratory-University of Alabama at Birmingham Center for Ethics and Values in the Sciences (funded by ORI)
  • Mentoring-Columbia University/ Responsible Conduct of Research Education Committee (RCREC)
  • Research Mentoring- Northern Illinois University (funded by ORI)
• Human Subjects
  • KU Lawrence campus tutorial for human subjects protection (HSP)-National Institutes of Health, with additions from the University of Kansas
  • Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act tutorial-National Institutes of Health, with additions from the University of Kansas
  • Investigator 101- Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R)
  • Protecting Human Subjects Training-Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
  • Human Participant Protections Education for Research Teams-National Cancer Institute
  • Human Subjects Compliance-National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA)
  • IRB Guidebook-Office of Human Research Protections, Department of Health and Human Services
• Animal Subjects
  • Handbook for the Use of Animals in Research and Education-University of Kansas (Lawrence)
  • Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals-National Academy of Sciences
  • Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals-Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW), National Institutes of Health
  • The Biomedical Investigators Handbook for Researchers Using Animal Models-Foundation for Biomedical. Research.. Washington, D.C.: 1987
  • Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare Guidance Organized by Topic-Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW), National Institutes of Health
  • USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Animal Care Policy Manual-US Department of Agriculture
  • Bioethics and the Use of Laboratory Animals, Theory and Practice-Kraus, Lanny A. and David Renquist, eds. American  College of Laboratory Animal Medicine. Dubuque, IA: Gregory C. Benoit, Publishing, 2000.
  • Contemporary Science, Values and Animal Subjects in Research-North Carolina State (funded by ORI)

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