1. MUSC College of Graduate Studies
Biomedical Trainee Retreat on the Responsible Conduct of Research and Career Development
“Misconduct & Whistleblower Protection”
Ed Krug
BioE 101
12/08/16

2. According to the US HHS Office of Research Integrity …
”Research misconduct means fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in reporting research results.
(a) Fabrication is making up data or results and recording or reporting them.
(b) Falsification is manipulating research materials, equipment, or processes, or changing or omitting data or results such that the research is not accurately represented in the research record.
(c) Plagiarism is the appropriation of another person’s ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit.
(d) Research misconduct does not include honest error or differences of opinion."

3. Why do otherwise intelligent people commit research misconduct?
Career pressure
Science is still a very strongly career-driven discipline. Scientists depend on a good reputation to receive ongoing support and funding, and a good reputation relies largely on the publication of high-profile scientific papers. Hence, there is a strong imperative to "publish or perish". Clearly, this may motivate desperate (or fame-hungry) scientists to fabricate results.
Ease of fabrication
In many scientific fields, results are often difficult to reproduce accurately, being obscured by noise, artifacts, and other extraneous data. That means that even if a scientist does falsify data, they can expect to get away with it – or at least claim innocence if their results conflict with others in the same field. There are no "scientific police" who are trained to fight scientific crimes; all investigations are made by experts in science but amateurs in dealing with criminals. It is relatively easy to cheat although difficult to know exactly how many scientists fabricate data.
D Goodstein (2002). Academe 88(1):

4. http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/uco/code _conduct.htm
MUSC Code of Conduct
_conduct.htm
Expectations
Integrity
Compliance
Confidentiality
Reporting possible violations

5. MUSC Confidential Hotline
Report any activity reasonably believed in violation of any law or regulation, any MUSC policy, or any Federal or State healthcare requirement by means of the
Confidential Hotline:
(toll free, available 24 hours, 7 days a week).
The Confidential Hotline is monitored by a third-party vendor.

6. The Research Integrity Committee Investigates Potential Research Misconduct

7. The PHS Office of Research Integrity Video Resources

8. US Dept. Health & Human Services Office of Research Integrity
National Center for Professional & Research Ethics
MUSC Office of Research Integrity

9. Where you will find retreat materials

10. South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute (SCTR)
MUSC Research
MUSC Office of Research Development
NIH RePORTER
PIVOT
MUSC Ombudsman
National Postdoctoral Association
CityTownInfo
Doug’s Guides
Myers-Briggs

11. MUSC Biomedical Trainee Retreat CITI RCR Certification Requirement
Due by 11 PM Friday Dec 23, 2016
(80% minimum score to pass)
1. Go to
2. Log in with your NetID and password
3. Select/Add Course:
“Biomedical Responsible Conduct of Research Course 1” (if your first time to take CITI RCR), OR
“RCR Social and Behavioral” if that fits your field of research better, OR
“RCR Refresher Course” (if you have previously taken CITI RCR)
4.  an electronic version of your certificate of completion to me