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Ethical integrity is a vital part of good scientific practice and publicly accountable research. This entry presents an overview of research ethics, examining its foundations, principles, common ethical dilemmas, misconduct policies and cases, and international ethics standards.
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Resnik, D.B. (2014). Scientific Misconduct and Research Integrity. In: ten Have, H., Gordijn, B. (eds) Handbook of Global Bioethics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2512-6_128
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