@article{dd5640e8f8ee465e8e883f8b98e40bbb,
title = "The responsible conduct of bioethics research",
abstract = "The responsible conduct of research in the biomedical and behavioral sciences has received significant attention since the late 1980s. However, very little has been written about the responsible conduct of bioethics research. Bioethics is an interdisciplinary field and brings together divergent ethical standards and practices which may be the source of tension or conflict. This article argues that bioethicists should reflect more on ethical issues in the responsible conduct of bioethics research through examination of authorship practices and peer review. I also outline three possible approaches to promote research integrity in bioethics.",
keywords = "Bioethics, Interdisciplinary research, Multi-authored manuscripts, Peer review, Research integrity, Responsible conduct of research",
author = "Zubin Master",
note = "Funding Information: In contrast, RCR has received significant consideration in the natural and applied sciences, in particular to the biomedical and behavioral sciences and engineering. Concerns about research integrity has received significant interest from scientists, governing organizations, the media, and the public due to well-publicized scandals involving research misconduct, conflicts of interest, and other ethical problems. Studies in RCR capture several aspects of the ethical conduct of science including an examination of unethical behavior in research relating to misconduct (fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism), authorship practices, data management, conflicts of interest, peer review, publication ethics, intellectual property, mentoring, teaching and advising, and research involving humans and animals (Shamoo and Resnik, 2009). Concerns surrounding RCR have led granting agencies, journals, governmental organizations, and academic and private institutions to develop policies on the conduct of research and research integrity. Internationally, several governmental and nongovernmental organizations have made considerable policy efforts to govern research integrity. For example, institutions receiving funds from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) must now provide mandatory RCR education for their students and trainees (Nature, 2009; NIH, 2009). Scholars have published textbooks on RCR, journals dedicated to RCR have been created, and science journals have published articles on RCR topics and reported news on high profile cases of misbehaviors in research. As a result, scientists have become increasingly aware of the importance of ethics in research and have contributed a great lot towards ethics discourse.",
year = "2011",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1080/08989621.2011.557302",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "18",
pages = "102--119",
journal = "Accountability in Research",
issn = "0898-9621",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",
number = "2",
}