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Institutions create their own internal cultures, including the culture of ethics that pervades scientific research, academic policy, and administrative philosophy. This paper addresses some of the issues involved in institutional enhancement of its culture of research ethics, focused on individual empowerment and strategies that individuals can use to initiate institutional change.
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Although the phrase “other practices that seriously deviate from those that are commonly accepted within the scientific community for proposing, conducting, or reporting research” was subsequently dropped, survey evidence indicates that undesirable behaviors associated with “other practices” are more common than the most serious and publicized infractions in research involve falsification, fabrication, or plagiarism (FFP; Martinson et al. 2005).
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All authors contributed equally to the development of this article and are listed alphabetically. Thanks to the Survival Skills and Ethics Workshop organized by Michael Zigmond and Beth Fischer of the University of Pittsburgh held in Snowmass, CO, June 7–12, 2004 was supported by NIH grants MH56194 (Zigmond) and NS39805 (Fischer).
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Ferguson, K., Masur, S., Olson, L. et al. Enhancing the Culture of Research Ethics on University Campuses. J Acad Ethics 5, 189–198 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10805-007-9033-9
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