Research Integrity: Should Canada establish an organization to ensure sound research?
- October 21, 2010 12:43 PM |
- By POV
By CBC News
Canada's research community should establish a new organization to help reduce the incidence of scientists falsifying data, misusing research funds or other misconduct, an expert panel has recommended.
The proposed Canadian Council for Research Integrity would help educate and advise researchers to behave according to a set of agreed-upon values, as well as monitor violations across the country, said a report released Thursday by the Council of Canadian Academies. However, it would not be involved in punishing violations.
Establishing the independent, central body would address gaps in the current system for dealing with scientific misconduct, the report said. For example, currently, individual research institutions such as universities define and address research misconduct in different ways, and they don't share the information.
The report by the 14-member expert panel appointed by the Council of Canadian Academies is intended to respond to a 2009 question from Industry Minister Tony Clement about what research integrity principles, procedural mechanisms and practices could be applied to all research funding by federal granting agencies.
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