Research Misconduct

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Research Misconduct
What is

• (and what should you do about it)

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This policy applies to federally- funded research
and proposals submitted to Federal agencies
for research funding. It thus applies to research
conducted by the Federal agencies, conducted or
managed for the Federal government by
contractors, or supported by the Federal
government and performed at research
institutions, including universities and industry.
Federal Policy on Research Misconduct
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I. Research 2 Misconduct Defined Research
misconduct is defined as fabrication,
falsification, or plagiarism in proposing,
performing, or reviewing research, or in
reporting research results. Fabrication is
making up data or results and recording or
reporting them. Falsification is
manipulating research materials, equipment,
or processes, or changing or omitting data or
results such that the research is not accurately
represented in the research record.3
Plagiarism is the appropriation of another
persons ideas, processes, results, or words
without giving appropriate credit. Research
misconduct does not include honest error or
differences of opinion.
Federal Policy on Research Misconduct
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Fabrication
Falsification
Plagiarism
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F
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The policy addresses research misconduct. It does
not supersede government or institutional
policies or procedures for addressing other forms
of misconduct, such as the unethical treatment of
human research subjects or mistreatment of
laboratory animals used in research, nor does it
supersede criminal or other civil law.
Agencies and institutions may address these
other issues as authorized by law and
as appropriate to their missions and objectives.
Federal Policy on Research Misconduct
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Research Improprieties
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M-3, Part I, Chapter 15
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Research Improprieties
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Research Integrity Officer ( R I O )
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Peter N. Poon, JD, MA Office of Research
Oversight (ORO) [phone] peter.poon_at_hq.med.v
a.gov