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Web Sites on Teaching Research Ethics
Web Sites on Reseach Integrity
Web Sites on the Protection of Human Subjects
Web Sites on the Welfare of Animals Used in Research

Web Sites on Teaching Research Ethics

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Research Ethics Modules from NC State University, Introduction

Acrobat files for individual modules that contain essays, discussions, and illustrations--These take a while to download, if you are connecting over a modem. Here is a list of the topics covered.

Module 1: Research Ethics: an Introduction
Module 2: Authorship and Peer Review
Module 3: The Mentoring of Graduate Students
Module 4: Animal Subjects in Research
Module 5: Professional Responsibility and Codes of Conduct
Module 6: Human Participants in Research
Module 7: Rightdoing and Misconduct in Research
Module 8: Intellectual Property - Copyright
Module 9: Ethical Issues in the Use of Statistics
Module 10: Science and the Media: Ethical Issues

Research Ethics in the Clinical, Biomedical and Public Health Sciences,

Describes the activities and methodology of the program of instruction in research ethics at UIC. Maintained by the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine.

A Training Program in Research Ethics in the Americas

Describes a bilingual training program for research ethics conducted in North and South America by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University.

NIH funded projects in research ethics

These are projects funded by the NIH for education in the responsible research conduct. These include several conferences and online courses. This page describes and provides links to these projects.

Web Sites on Research Integrity

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ACS Ethical Guidelines to the Publication of Chemical Research: A PDF download of the 2006 revision of the American Chemical Society's guidelines for the ethical obligations of editors, authors, and reviewers of manuscripts.
Ethical decision-making and Internet research: Recommendations from the AoIR ethics working committee (will download a PDF): This document includes guidelines and recommendations designed to support people making decisions about the ethics of Internet research.
MIT Reporting Organizations and Relationships, Office of Vice President for Research and Associate Provost: This page offers access to MIT documents on academic and research integrity, including their Fostering Academic Integrity: Report of the Committee on Academic Responsibility, which makes observations about compromises of academic and research integrity, and their causes and remedies.
National Whistleblower Center: Includes resources such as Whistleblower Law Library, pending legislation, model laws, and Whistleblower Protections.
Policy on Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR): The Public Health Service (PHS) Policy on Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) was issued December 1, 2000. This policy, issued by PHS (Public Health Service), requires that "all staff at extramural institutions engaged in research or research changing with PHS funds, or who work on PHS-supported projects."
National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature: NRCBL is a specialized collection of books, journals, newspaper articles, legal materials, regulations, codes, government publications and other relevant documents concerned with issues in biomedical and professional ethics.
Research Ethics in the Clinical, Biomedical and Public Health Sciences: Maintained by the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine. Describes the activities and methodology of the program of instruction in research ethics at UIC.
A Training Program in Research Ethics in the Americas: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University. Describes a bilingual training program for research ethics conducted in North and South America.
On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research: maintained by the National Academy of Sciences
The Endocrine Society: A page on the ethical practice of research and clinical medicine. This page includes the code of ethics of the Endocrine Society as well as scenarios in research ethics including references to enhance understanding of these moral situations.
Office of Research Integrity (ORI): Part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, includes guidelines for "whistleblowing" and the Policy on Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Issued December 1, 2000, this policy, requires that "all staff at extramural institutions engaged in research or research changing with PHS funds, or who work on PHS-supported projects must have training in the responsible conduct of research."
Safeguarding Good Scientific Practices: A joint statement by the Director General of the Research Councils and the Chief Executives of the UK Research Councils concering the safeguarding of good scientific practices.
Carl Djerassi's novels on moral life in the world of scientific research
National Academy Press: This website offers free online texts including books related to research integrity.
Danish Committee on Scientific Dishonesty's Guidles for Good Scientific Practices (1998)
Proposals for Safeguarding Good Scientific Practices: Written by members of the German Research Foundation (DFG), circa 1998
Good scientific practice in research and scholarship: Written by the European Science Foundation

Web Sites on the Protection of Human Subjects

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Office of Human Research Protections: (OHRP), within the Office of Public Health Service, (OPHS), and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), formerly the OPRR. The OHRP is charged with interpreting and overseeing implementation of the regulations regarding the Protection of Human Subjects codified at Title 45, Part 46, of the Code of Federal Regulations (45 CFR 46) promulgated by the DHHS. The OHRP has oversight and educational responsibilities wherever DHHS funds are used to conduct or support research involving human subjects.
The Belmont Report Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research: "On July 12, 1974, the National Research Act (Pub. L. 93-348) was signed into law, there-by creating the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research. One of the charges to the Commission was to identify the basic ethical principles that should underlie the conduct of biomedical and behavioral research involving human subjects and to develop guidelines which should be followed to assure that such research is conducted in accordance with those principles..."
U.S. Department of Energy's Radiation Research Using Human Subjects: extensive index of the project.
Guidelines for the Conduct of Research Involving Human Subjects at the National Institutes of Health: The Office of Human Subjects Research (OHSR) activities are limited to the Intramural Research Program, (IRP.)
Canadian Code of Conduct for Research Involving Humans
A collection of resources on DOE-funded experiments involving radioactive materials.: Conducted after World War II, they came to light a few years ago, causing a scandal because of their violation of standards for the protection of human subjects.
Resources on Nonconsensual Human Experimentation: Dr. Steven Hale, DeKalb College. An collection of nonconsensual human experiments both historical (Tuskegee, Nazi Doctors) and current (1999) controversies that caused studies to be suspended.
National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research: Division of Intramural Research, Institutional Review Board, Manual of Operation. This Manual provides information to facilitate the operations of the NIDCR IRB and to provide guidance on the requirements for submissions and review of protocols and issues relevant to the IRB. Further, detailed information is provided through links provided to other sites, including regulations and checklists.
Duke University Medical Center Research Ethics Education and Resouurces: This site includes basic education and resources in research ethics. Regardless of your involvement with human subjects, the materials offered here provide an opportunity for further education on the protection human subjects."

Web Sites on the Welfare of Animals Used in Research

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The Animal Research Issues Section of the Web Site of The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS): Includes information on the Pain and Distress Initiative; the use of primates in biomedical research; the use of animals in product testing; and the use of animals in education.
Australia and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching (ANZCCART): ANZCCART is an independent body which has been developed to promote effective communication and cooperation among all those concerned with the care and use of animals in research and teaching.
"Model For Performing Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee: Continuing Review of Animal Research": A paper on the current functioning of institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC) continuing review of ongoing animal-related activities by the Public Health Service Policy (PHS Policy) and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) animal welfare regulations.
The Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT): This Center is a global resource for the development of replacement, reduction, and refinement alternatives for research and testing.
Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments (FRAME): FRAME advocates the "Three Rs" approach to this problem, believing that the most immediate prospects are for reducing the numbers of animals used through better science and better experimental design, and for refining procedures so that the suffering of any animals necessarily used is minimized, while the long-term hope of eliminating the need for live animal experiments altogether lies in the proper development, validation and acceptance of replacement alternative methods.
The U.S. Government's Principles for the Utilization and Care of Vertebrate Animals Used in Testing, Research and Training: This 2000 reprint of the Public Health Service (PHS) Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals is substantively identical to the original Policy promulgated in 1986 to implement the Health Research Extension Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-158). Citations and addresses are updated, and language that was clarified in a 1996 reprint to eliminate common areas of confusion has been retained.
Lab Animal: A peer-reviewed journal for professionals in animal research, emphasizing proper management and care.