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Responding to research misconduct allegations brought against top university officials
David B Resnik1, Mohammad Hosseini2, Lisa Rasmussen3
1National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, North Carolina, USA.
Abstract:
Investigating research misconduct allegations against top officials can create significant conflicts of interest (COIs) for universities that may require changes to existing oversight frameworks. One way of addressing some of these challenges is to develop policies and procedures that specifically address investigation of allegations of misconduct involving top university officials. Steps can also be taken now regardless of whether such a body is created. Federal and university research misconduct regulations and policies may need to be revised to provide institutions with clearer guidance on how to deal with misconduct allegations against top officials. For their part, institutions may benefit from proactively creating and transparently disclosing their own processes for independent investigation of research misconduct allegations against senior officials.
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