About the Book
Scientific Integrity (Third Edition) is intended for use as a textbook by graduate and postdoctoral trainees and scientists in the biomedical, behavioral, and life sciences. Its content and design are ideally suited for use in responsible conduct of research (RCR) courses, including courses mandated for some graduate students and postdoctoral fellows by US federal funding agencies. Earlier editions of Scientific Integrity have also been used in upper level undergraduate curricula, and the third edition of Scientific Integrity will be similarly useable.
The book’s content reflects the general topic areas suggested by the Responsible Conduct of Research Educational Committee (RCREC), a consortium of individuals and organizations committed to identifying, developing, and promoting programs of education in the responsible conduct of research (RCR).
Like it’s predecessor editions, Scientific Integrity (Third Edition) contains content material relevant to the core areas of RCR and, equally important, contains short cases and other tools for promoting learning using interactive strategies that require critical thinking skills.
Scientific Integrity, Third Edition has a selection of 10 short case studies at the end of each chapter covering core content material. Chapters also contain questions that can also be used to catalyze classroom discussion, or be employed as writing assignments. As in the previous editions, some of the appendix materials provide the means for interactive and critical thinking exercises. Highlighting this material is a collection of surveys that can be administered to students taking RCR courses, with the results being used to promote classroom discussion about knowledge of and attitudes regarding scientific conduct.
Finally each chapter in Scientific Integrity (Third Edition) contains a list of both print and internet-based resource material. URLs to the internet sites are duplicated on this web site facilitating ease of access. We will be regularly updating this web site with additional material as well as replacing URLs that become inactive over the life of the third edition.
Chapter and Appendix Titles in the 3rd edition follow.
Chapter 1 Methods, Manners, and the Responsible Conduct of Research
Chapter 2 Ethics and the Scientist
Chapter 3 Mentoring
Chapter 4 Authorship and Peer Review
Chapter 5 Use of Humans in Biomedical Experimentation
Chapter 6 Use of Animals in Biomedical Experimentation
Chapter 7 Managing Competing Interests
Chapter 8 Collaborative Research
Chapter 9 Ownership of Data and Intellectual Property
Chapter 10 Genetic Technology and Scientific Integrity
Chapter 11 Scientific Record Keeping
Appendix I Surveys as a Tool for Training in Scientific Integrity
Appendix II Student Exercises
Appendix III Standards of Conduct
Appendix IV Sample Protocols for Human and Animal Experimentation
Appendix V Example of a U.S. Patent Specification
Appendix VI Record Keeping Policy