The Responsible Conduct of Research Committee is a federally mandated misconduct committee for institutions as set forth in 42 CRF Part 93 (CFR = Code of Federal Regulations). This rule is posted and can be viewed on the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) website at http://ori.dhhs.gov/.
The Board of Regents Regulation R10.07.06 states: "Misconduct" includes fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, or other practices that deviate from ethical standards and practices commonly accepted within the academic and scientific community for proposing, conducting, or reporting research, scholarly work, or creative activity. Honest error or honest differences in analysis, interpretation or judgments of data will not be considered to be instances of misconduct. The Regents' policies on ethics can be viewed here.
Requirements for Institutional Policies and Procedures on Research Misconduct Under the New PHS Policies on Research Misconduct, 42 CFR Part 93 can be viewed at this link.
Here is a list of Questions and Answers intended to answer questions about the regulation (referenced above) for administrators, researchers or anyone interested in understanding how the regulation might affect them.
Scientific Misconduct is a statement regarding Board of Regents and regulations for the University of Alaska pertaining to research misconduct.
Another resource that may be of interest is entitled Analysis of Institutional Policies for Responding to Allegations of Scientific Misconduct that was done for the Office of Research Integrity by CHPS Consulting.
It is recommended that all researchers take the Reponsible Conduct of Research (RCR) CITI training course offered to all UAA faculty, staff and students. The log in information and explanation of this course is on the RCR training link, first topic under this Research Integrity and Compliance section.
Other Guidelines:
Conflict of Interest Information Resources Available on the Web, Office of Extramural Research, NIH, DHHS.
NIH Guide, Vol. 24, #25, 7/14/95, Public Health Service (includes NIH and NSF), that has information about federal financial conflict of interest regulations entitled Objectivity in Research.
Academic Honesty and Integrity is the UAA and APU policy on academic integrity, which includes resources for students and faculty.
For further information or questions, please contact the chair, Dr. Tom Buller (contact information below). The committee membership is as follows:
Dr. Tom Buller, Chair
Philosophy Department
907-786-4456 or aftgb@uaa.alaska.edu
Dr. Bob White
Research and Graduate Studies
907-786-4833 or anrgw1@uaa.alaska.edu
Dr. Dan Kline
English Department
907-786-3264 or afdtk@uaa.alaska.edu
Dr. David Pfeiffer
Biological Sciences Department
907-786-7762 or afdcp@uaa.alaska.edu
Dr. Orson Smith
School of Engineering
907-786-1910 or afops@uaa.alaska.edu
Dr. Rashmi Prasad
Business Administration Department
907-786-4157 or afrp2@cbpp.uaa.alaska.edu
Last update on August 2008
