Working with Research Integrity—Guidance for Research Performing Organisations: The Bonn PRINTEGER Statement

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Abstract

This document presents the Bonn PRINTEGER Consensus Statement: Working with Research Integrity—Guidance for research performing organisations. The aim of the statement is to complement existing instruments by focusing specifically on institutional responsibilities for strengthening integrity. It takes into account the daily challenges and organisational contexts of most researchers. The statement intends to make research integrity challenges recognisable from the work-floor perspective, providing concrete advice on organisational measures to strengthen integrity. The statement, which was concluded February 7th 2018, provides guidance on the following key issues:

Providing information about research integrity
Providing education, training and mentoring
Strengthening a research integrity culture
Facilitating open dialogue
Wise incentive management
Implementing quality assurance procedures
Improving the work environment and work satisfaction
Increasing transparency of misconduct cases
Opening up research
Implementing safe and effective whistle-blowing channels
Protecting the alleged perpetrators
Establishing a research integrity committee and appointing an ombudsperson
Making explicit the applicable standards for research integrity

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Ellen-Marie Forsberg:

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5137-1141

Ellenmarie.forsberg@hioa.no

Frank O. Anthun: Frank.Anthun@forskerforbundet.no

Sharon Bailey: sharon.bailey@ucd.ie

Giles Birchley: Giles.Birchley@bristol.ac.uk

Henriette Bout: h.bout@conscience.nl

Carlo Casonato: carlo.casonato@unitn.it

Gloria González Fuster: Gloria.Gonzalez.Fuster@vub.be

Bert Heinrichs: heinrichs@iwe.uni-bonn.de

Serge Horbach: s.horbach@science.ru.nl

Ingrid Skjæggestad Jacobsen: Ingrid.Jacobsen@hioa.no

Jacques Janssen: j.a.janssen@psych.ru.nl

Matthias Kaiser: Matthias.Kaiser@uib.no

Inge Lerouge: inge.lerouge@kuleuven.be

Barend van der Meulen: b.vandermeulen@rathenau.nl

Sarah de Rijcke: s.de.rijcke@cwts.leidenuniv.nl

Thomas Saretzki: thomas.saretzki@leuphana.de

Margit Sutrop: margit.sutrop@ut.ee

Marta Tazewell: Marta.Tazewell@bristol.ac.uk

Krista Varantola: krista.varantola@uta.fi

Knut Jørgen Vie: Knutjorgen.Vie@afi.hioa.no

Hub Zwart: H.Zwart@science.ru.nl

Mira Zöller: mzoeller@uni-bonn.de

Journal

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Sci Eng Ethics

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Sci Eng Ethics

Title: Science and Engineering Ethics

Publisher: Springer Netherlands (Dordrecht )

ISSN (Print): 1353-3452

ISSN (Electronic): 1471-5546

Publication date (Electronic): 31 May 2018

Publication date PMC-release: 31 May 2018

Publication date (Print): 2018

Volume: 24

Issue: 4

Pages: 1023-1034

Affiliations

[1 ]ISNI 0000 0000 9151 4445, GRID grid.412414.6, Work Research Institute, , Oslo Met - Oslo Metropolitan University (Formerly Oslo and Akershus University College), ; Oslo, Norway

[2 ]The Norwegian Association of Researchers, Oslo, Norway

[3 ]ISNI 0000 0001 0768 2743, GRID grid.7886.1, EARMA - European Association for Research Managers & Administrators and University College Dublin, ; Dublin, Ireland

[4 ]ISNI 0000 0004 1936 7603, GRID grid.5337.2, Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences, , University of Bristol, ; Bristol, UK

[5 ]Integrity Agency of the Municipality of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

[6 ]ISNI 0000 0004 1937 0351, GRID grid.11696.39, University of Trento, ; Trento, Italy

[7 ]ISNI 0000 0001 2290 8069, GRID grid.8767.e, Law, Science, Technology & Society (LSTS), , Vrije Universiteit Brussels, ; Brussels, Belgium

[8 ]ISNI 0000 0001 2240 3300, GRID grid.10388.32, Institute of Science and Ethics (IWE), , University of Bonn, ; Bonn, Germany

[9 ]ISNI 0000000122931605, GRID grid.5590.9, Institute for Science in Society, , Radboud University, ; Nijmegen, The Netherlands

[10 ]ISNI 0000 0001 2312 1970, GRID grid.5132.5, Centre for Science and Technology Studies, , Leiden University, ; Leiden, The Netherlands

[11 ]ISNI 0000 0000 9151 4445, GRID grid.412414.6, Oslo Metropolitan University (Formerly Oslo and Akershus University College), ; Oslo, Norway

[12 ]ISNI 0000000122931605, GRID grid.5590.9, Radboud University Nijmegen, ; Nijmegen, The Netherlands

[13 ]ISNI 0000 0004 1936 7443, GRID grid.7914.b, Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities at University of Bergen, ; Bergen, Norway

[14 ]ISNI 0000 0001 0668 7884, GRID grid.5596.f, Research Coordination Office, , KU Leuven, ; Leuven, Belgium

[15 ]ISNI 0000 0000 9892 1203, GRID grid.438453.d, Rathenau Instituut, ; The Hague, The Netherlands

[16 ]ISNI 0000 0000 9130 6144, GRID grid.10211.33, Institute of Political Science, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, ; Lüneburg, Germany

[17 ]ISNI 0000 0001 0943 7661, GRID grid.10939.32, Centre for Ethics, , University of Tartu, ; Tartu, Estonia

[18 ]ISNI 0000 0004 1936 7603, GRID grid.5337.2, School of Social and Community Medicine, , University of Bristol, ; Bristol, UK

[19 ]ISNI 0000 0001 2314 6254, GRID grid.5509.9, University of Tampere, ; Tampere, Finland

[20 ]ISNI 0000 0000 9151 4445, GRID grid.412414.6, Work Research Institute, , OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University (Formerly Oslo and Akershus University College), ; Oslo, Norway

[21 ]ISNI 0000000122931605, GRID grid.5590.9, Department of Philosophy and Science Studies, Faculty of Science, Institute for Science in Society (ISIS), , Radboud University Nijmegen, ; Nijmegen, The Netherlands

[22 ]ISNI 0000 0001 2240 3300, GRID grid.10388.32, International Office, , University of Bonn, ; Bonn, Germany

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Ellen-Marie Forsberg http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5137-1141

Article

Publisher ID: 34

DOI: 10.1007/s11948-018-0034-4

PMC ID: 6097059

PubMed ID: 29855866

SO-VID: aab3280c-2466-4f7b-afe3-acfb3cb7dd83

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Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided one gives appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provides a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicates whether changes were made.

History

Date received : 12 February 2018

Date accepted : 20 February 2018

Funding

Funded by: FundRef http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100007601, Horizon 2020;

Award ID: 665926

Award Recipient : Hub Zwart

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Keywords: research integrity,research misconduct,organisational responsibilities,guidance,consensus conference

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