Course Identification

Title:

Research integrity and ethics

Code:

20188041

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Dr. Ori Lev, Dr. Melanie Levy

TA's:

N/A

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2018

Semester:

First Semester

When / Where:

N/A

First Lecture:

29/10/2017

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Obligatory instruction courses or enrichment courses: Obligatory; Enrichment; 0.00 points

Comments

Please see the syllabus for special schedule for this course.

Prerequisites

N/A

Restrictions

Participants:

No

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Obligatory

Grade Type

N/A

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Attendance

N/A

Assignments:

N/A

Interim:

N/A

Seminar:

N/A

Final:

N/A

Evaluation Type

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

N/A

Location

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Time

-

Remarks

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Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

N/A

Syllabus

DESCRIPTION

A thorough awareness of issues relating to research ethics and research integrity are essential to producing excellent research. This course will provide a brief introduction to the demands of research ethics and integrity. It will then focus on the responsible conduct of scientific research and address the core concepts that comprise scientific misconduct. Well-known examples of scientific misconduct will be employed to demonstrate the harms of such behavior.

CONTENT

Meeting 1

Introduction to research ethics: locating ethics in research
History of research integrity
Definitions of research misconduct

Meeting 2

Fabrication
Falsification
Plagiarism

Meeting 3

Data management
Publication ethics (criteria for authorship, good publication practice, peer review)

Meeting 4

Mentor-Mentee relationship
Conflict of interests
Written exam

SCHEDULE

Group A - LIFE SCIENCES
Sundays, 13:00-14:00, FGS room C
October 29^th, November 5^th, November 19^th, November 26^th
Dr. Ori Lev

Group B - LIFE SCIENCES
Mondays: 13:00-14:00, FGS room C
October 30^th, November 6^th, November 20^th, November 27^th
Dr. Ori Lev

Group C - LIFE SCIENCES + SCIENCE TEACHING
Tuesdays: 13:00-14:00, FGS room C
October 31^st, November 7^th, November 21^st, November 28^th,
Dr. Ori Lev

Group D - PHYSICS
Sundays: 13:00-14:00, FGS room B
October 29^th, November 5^th, November 19^th, November 26^th
Dr. Melanie Levy

Group E - CHEMISTRY
Mondays: 13:00-14:00, FGS room B
October 30^th, November 6^th, November 20^th, November 27^th
Dr. Melanie Levy

Group F - MATH & CS
Wednesdays: 13:00-14:00, FGS room B
November 1^st, November 8^th, November 22^nd, November 29^th
Dr. Melanie Levy

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:

Acquire an overview of the ethics of planning, conducting, and reporting of scientific research;
Comprehend the main standards of research integrity and responsible conduct of research and assimilate their importance;
Understand the issue of scientific misconduct (i.e., fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism), why it occurs and how;
Become familiar with prevention strategies and sanctions of scientific misconduct;
Appreciate the notions of public trust in research and social responsibility of the researcher.

Reading List

On Being a Scientist – A Guide to Responsible Conduct of Research, (3^rd edition), National Academies Press: Washington DC, 2009.
European Textbook on Ethics in Research, European Commission, Directorate-General for Research, Brussels, 2010.
Interactive Movie on Research Misconduct: http://ori.dhhs.gov/thelab

Website

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