Is requiring Research Integrity Advisors a useful policy for improving research integrity? A census of advisors in Australia
Account Res. 2023 Jul 25. doi: 10.1080/08989621.2023.2239532. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTResearch Integrity Advisor s are used in Australia to provide impartial guidance to researchers who have questions about any aspect of responsible research practice. Every Australian institution conducting research must provide access to trained advisors. This national policy could be an important part of creating a safe environment for discussing research integrity issues and thus resolving issues. We conducted the first formal study of advisors, using a census of every Australian advisor to discover their workload and attitudes to...
Source: Accountability in Research - July 25, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Adrian G Barnett David N Borg Paul Glasziou Emma Beckett Source Type: research
Whistleblowing legislation and reporting on research misconduct: A case for mutual learning
Account Res. 2023 Jul 25. doi: 10.1080/08989621.2023.2240705. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTRegulations on reporting research misconduct have undergone a remarkable process of development since the 1980s. At the same time, many states have also developed legislation governing the receiving of alerts and for protecting whistleblowers against reprisal. Although these two bodies of legislation share the aim of organizing the practice of reporting, they have been developed in isolation from each other, and without sufficient thought as to how they should be linked. Based on an analysis of European Union law and its transpositi...
Source: Accountability in Research - July 25, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Olivier Leclerc Source Type: research
Ethical Decision-Making and Role Conflict in Managing a Scientific Laboratory
Account Res. 2023 Jul 24. doi: 10.1080/08989621.2023.2236553. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTScientists who manage research laboratories often face ethical dilemmas related to conflicts between their different roles, such as researcher, mentor, entrepreneur, and manager. It is not known how often uncertainty about conflicting role obligations leads scientists to engage in unethical conduct, but this probably occurs more often than many people would like to think. In this paper, we reflect on ethical decision-making in scientific laboratory management with special attention to how different roles create conflicting obligatio...
Source: Accountability in Research - July 24, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: David B Resnik Neal Stewart Faustine Williams Carol Thiele Ken Yamada Kathy Barker Source Type: research
Ethical Decision-Making and Role Conflict in Managing a Scientific Laboratory
Account Res. 2023 Jul 24. doi: 10.1080/08989621.2023.2236553. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTScientists who manage research laboratories often face ethical dilemmas related to conflicts between their different roles, such as researcher, mentor, entrepreneur, and manager. It is not known how often uncertainty about conflicting role obligations leads scientists to engage in unethical conduct, but this probably occurs more often than many people would like to think. In this paper, we reflect on ethical decision-making in scientific laboratory management with special attention to how different roles create conflicting obligatio...
Source: Accountability in Research - July 24, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: David B Resnik Neal Stewart Faustine Williams Carol Thiele Ken Yamada Kathy Barker Source Type: research
The Trinity of Good Research: Distinguishing between Research Integrity, Ethics and Governance
Account Res. 2023 Jul 20. doi: 10.1080/08989621.2023.2239712. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe words integrity, ethics and governance are used interchangeably in relation to research. This masks important differences that must be understood when trying to address concerns regarding research culture. While progress has been made in identifying negative aspects of research culture (such as inequalities in hiring/promotion, perverse incentives etc.), and practical issues that lead to research waste (outcome reporting bias, reproducibility etc.), the responsibility for addressing these problems can be unclear due to the compl...
Source: Accountability in Research - July 21, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Simon E Kolstoe Jonathan Pugh Source Type: research
The Trinity of Good Research: Distinguishing between Research Integrity, Ethics and Governance
Account Res. 2023 Jul 20. doi: 10.1080/08989621.2023.2239712. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe words integrity, ethics and governance are used interchangeably in relation to research. This masks important differences that must be understood when trying to address concerns regarding research culture. While progress has been made in identifying negative aspects of research culture (such as inequalities in hiring/promotion, perverse incentives etc.), and practical issues that lead to research waste (outcome reporting bias, reproducibility etc.), the responsibility for addressing these problems can be unclear due to the compl...
Source: Accountability in Research - July 21, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Simon E Kolstoe Jonathan Pugh Source Type: research
The Trinity of Good Research: Distinguishing between Research Integrity, Ethics and Governance
Account Res. 2023 Jul 20. doi: 10.1080/08989621.2023.2239712. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe words integrity, ethics and governance are used interchangeably in relation to research. This masks important differences that must be understood when trying to address concerns regarding research culture. While progress has been made in identifying negative aspects of research culture (such as inequalities in hiring/promotion, perverse incentives etc.), and practical issues that lead to research waste (outcome reporting bias, reproducibility etc.), the responsibility for addressing these problems can be unclear due to the compl...
Source: Accountability in Research - July 21, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Simon E Kolstoe Jonathan Pugh Source Type: research
The "Monsanto papers" and the nature of ghostwriting and related practices in contemporary peer review scientific literature
Account Res. 2023 Jul 17:1-30. doi: 10.1080/08989621.2023.2234819. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe Monsanto company - now acquired by Bayer - has been accused of ghostwriting articles within peer review literature, with the goal of using influential names to front its content in defence of the herbicide Roundup. Here, I conduct a detailed analysis of three Monsanto review articles and a five-article journal supplement for which detailed information from company emails is publicly available following litigation over Roundup. All the articles had external, but not Monsanto authors, and ghostly practices including ghost aut...
Source: Accountability in Research - July 10, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Alastair Matheson Source Type: research
The "Monsanto papers" and the nature of ghostwriting and related practices in contemporary peer review scientific literature
Account Res. 2023 Jul 17:1-30. doi: 10.1080/08989621.2023.2234819. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe Monsanto company - now acquired by Bayer - has been accused of ghostwriting articles within peer review literature, with the goal of using influential names to front its content in defence of the herbicide Roundup. Here, I conduct a detailed analysis of three Monsanto review articles and a five-article journal supplement for which detailed information from company emails is publicly available following litigation over Roundup. All the articles had external, but not Monsanto authors, and ghostly practices including ghost aut...
Source: Accountability in Research - July 10, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Alastair Matheson Source Type: research
The "Monsanto papers" and the nature of ghostwriting and related practices in contemporary peer review scientific literature
Account Res. 2023 Jul 17:1-30. doi: 10.1080/08989621.2023.2234819. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe Monsanto company - now acquired by Bayer - has been accused of ghostwriting articles within peer review literature, with the goal of using influential names to front its content in defence of the herbicide Roundup. Here, I conduct a detailed analysis of three Monsanto review articles and a five-article journal supplement for which detailed information from company emails is publicly available following litigation over Roundup. All the articles had external, but not Monsanto authors, and ghostly practices including ghost aut...
Source: Accountability in Research - July 10, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Alastair Matheson Source Type: research
The "Monsanto papers" and the nature of ghostwriting and related practices in contemporary peer review scientific literature
Account Res. 2023 Jul 10. doi: 10.1080/08989621.2023.2234819. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:37424374 | DOI:10.1080/08989621.2023.2234819 (Source: Accountability in Research)
Source: Accountability in Research - July 10, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Alastair Matheson Source Type: research
The "Monsanto papers" and the nature of ghostwriting and related practices in contemporary peer review scientific literature
Account Res. 2023 Jul 10. doi: 10.1080/08989621.2023.2234819. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:37424374 | DOI:10.1080/08989621.2023.2234819 (Source: Accountability in Research)
Source: Accountability in Research - July 10, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Alastair Matheson Source Type: research
The "Monsanto papers" and the nature of ghostwriting and related practices in contemporary peer review scientific literature
Account Res. 2023 Jul 10. doi: 10.1080/08989621.2023.2234819. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:37424374 | DOI:10.1080/08989621.2023.2234819 (Source: Accountability in Research)
Source: Accountability in Research - July 10, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Alastair Matheson Source Type: research
The "Monsanto papers" and the nature of ghostwriting and related practices in contemporary peer review scientific literature
Account Res. 2023 Jul 10. doi: 10.1080/08989621.2023.2234819. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:37424374 | DOI:10.1080/08989621.2023.2234819 (Source: Accountability in Research)
Source: Accountability in Research - July 10, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Alastair Matheson Source Type: research
The "Monsanto papers" and the nature of ghostwriting and related practices in contemporary peer review scientific literature
Account Res. 2023 Jul 10. doi: 10.1080/08989621.2023.2234819. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:37424374 | DOI:10.1080/08989621.2023.2234819 (Source: Accountability in Research)
Source: Accountability in Research - July 10, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Alastair Matheson Source Type: research
