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Selected Resources on Research Ethics Education in International Collaborations
July 23, 2012

The sources below include a small sample from a growing literature on research ethics issues in international collaborations as well as other sources on research ethics in graduate education. Please click on the links below to access resources on:

 

Research Ethics Issues in International Collaborations

 

  • Anderson, M.S. and Steneck, N.H. (Eds.) (2010).International research collaborations: Much to be gained, many ways to get in trouble. New York and London: Routledge. Link.
  • Aschwanden, C. (2007). Seeking an International Dialogue on Research Integrity.Cell,131(1), 9-11. pdf
  • Boesz, C. and Lloyd, N. (2008). Collaborations: Investigating International Misconduct. Nature, 452(7188), 686-687. doi: 10.1038/452686a Link
  • Chaplin, C. (2006). Ethics of international clinical research collaboration—the experience of AlloStem.International Journal of Immunogenetics, 33(1), 1-5. DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.2006.00573.x Link.
  • Callister, L.C., Getmanenko, N.I., Khalaf, I., Garvrish, N., Semenic, S., Vehvilainen-Jukunen, K., and Turkina, N.V. (2008, January-February).Collaborative International Research.Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing,37, 1.Link.
  • Council of Graduate Schools. (forthcoming, 2012). Research and Scholarly Integrity in Graduate Education: A Comprehensive Approach. Washington, D.C.: Author.
  • Council of Graduate Schools.(2010). Global perspectives on graduate international collaborations. Washington, D.C.: Author. Link.
  • Council of Graduate Schools.(2009). Global perspectives on research ethics and scholarly integrity. Washington, D.C.: Author.Link.
  • Council of Graduate Schools. (2010). Joint degrees, dual degrees, and international research collaborations: CGS International Collaborations Project. Washington, D.C.: Author. Link.
  • Council of Graduate Schools. (2008). The Project for Scholarly Integrity in graduate education: A framework for collaborative action. Washington, D.C.: Author. pdf
  • European Science Foundation. (2007). Research integrity: Global responsibility to foster common standards. Science policy briefing.Office of Research Integrity, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.pdf
  • Loo, K.K. (2009).Procedural challenges in international collaborative research.Academic psychiatry: the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry, 33(3), 229-33. Link.
  • Mayer, T. and Steneck, N.H. (2007). Final report to European Science Foundation (ESF) and Office of Research Integrity (ORI,) First World Conference on Research Integrity: Fostering Responsible Research. pdf.
  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Global Science Forum. (2007). Best Practices for Ensuring Scientific Integrity and Preventing Misconduct. pdf.
  • Peterson, M.J. (2008). Workplace ethics in transnational contexts. International dimensions of ethics education in Science and Engineering (IDEESE), University of Massachusetts Amherst. Link.
  • Sadrozinski, R. (2005). Evaluative framework for international collaboration: Final report to the
  • National Science Foundation.Center for Innovation in Research and Graduate Education.pdf
  • Sloan, S.S. and Arrison, T. (2011).Examining core elements of international research collaboration.Washington, DC: National Academies Press. Link.

 

Research Ethics for U.S. Scholars Abroad

 

  • Adams, V., Miller, S., Craig, S., Nyima, Sonam, Droyoung, Lhakpen, & Varner, M. (2005, September). The challenge of cross-cultural clinical trials research: Case report from the Tibetan Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. Medical anthropology quarterly, 19(3), 267-289.pdf
  • Bartlett, E.E. (2008, December).  International analysis of institutional review boards registered with the U.S. Office for Human Research Protections. Journal of empirical research on human research ethics: An international journal, 3(4). 49-56.Link.
  • Hyder, A.A., Wali, S.A., Khan, A.N., Teoh, N.B., Kass, N.E., & Dawson, L. Ethical review of health research: A perspective from developing country researchers. (2004, February).Journal of medical ethics, 30(1), 68-72.doi:10.1136/jme.2002.001933Link.
  • Kaufman, C.E. and Ramarao, S. (2005, April). Community confidentiality, consent, and the individual research process: Implications for demographic research. Population research and policy review, 24(2), 149-173.doi: 10.1007/s11113-004-0329-9 Link.
  • London, A.J. (2005, Jan-Feb). Justice and the human development approach to international research.Hastings Center Report,35(1), 24-37. pdf
  • Marshall, P.A. (2006, March). Informed consent in international health research. Journal of empirical research on human research ethics: An international journal, 1(1), 25-42.Link.
  • Office of Human Research Compliance Review (OHRCR). (2011, September 15). International human subjects research risks. University of Michigan.pdf
  • Participants in the 2001 Conference on Ethical Aspects of Research in Developing Countries.(2004, May-June).Moral standards for research in developing countries: From “reasonable availability” to “fair benefits.”Hastings Center Report, 34(3), 17-27. Link.
  • Riis, P. (1993, March).  Medical ethics in the European community.Journal of medical ethics, 19(1), 7-12.pdf
  • Sleem, H., Abdelhai, R.A.A., Al-Abdallat, I., Al-Naif, M., Gabr, H.M., Kehil, E., Sadiq, B.B., Yousri, R., Elsayed, D., Sulaiman, S., & Silverman, H. (2010, September).Development of an accessible self-assessment tool for research ethics committees in developing countries. Journal of empirical research on human research ethics: An international journal, 5(3), 85-96.Link.

 

Research Ethics in Graduate Education

 

  • American Council on Education (ACE).(2012). Mapping Internationalization on U.S. Campuses (2012 edition). Washington, D.C.: Author. pdf.
  • Center for Engineering, Ethics, and Society (CEES). Ethics Education and Scientific and Engineering Research: What's Been Learned? What Should Be Done? Summary of a Workshop.(2009). Center for Engineering, Ethics, and Society (CEES).Link.
  • Council of Graduates Schools.(2006). Graduate education for the responsible conduct of research.Washington, D.C.: Author Link.
  • Deming N., Fryer-Edwards, K., Dudzinski, D., Starks, H., Culver, J., Hopley, E., Robins, L., & Burke, W. (2007).Incorporating principles and practical wisdom in research ethics education: A preliminary study.  Academic medicine,82(1), 18-23.Link.
  • Gallant, T.B. (2008). Academic integrity in the 21st century: A teaching and learning imperative: ASHE Higher Education report, 33(5). Jossey-Bass.Link.
  • Heitman, E., Olsen, C.H., Anestidou, L., &Bulger, R.E. New graduate students’ baseline knowledge of the responsible conduct of research.Academic medicine, 82(9), 838-45.Link.
  • Kalichman, M.W. (2007). Responding to challenges in educating for the responsible conduct of research. Academic Medicine,82(9), 870-5.Link.
  • McGee, R., Almquist, J., Keller, J.L., & Jacobsen, S.J. (2008). Teaching and learning responsible research conduct: Influences of prior experiences on acceptance of new ideas. Accountability in Research: Policies & Quality Assurance,15(1), 30-62. pdf
  • Mitchell, T. and Carrol, J. (2008). Academic and research misconduct in the PhD: Issues for students and supervisors. Nurse Education Today,28(2), 218-26. Link.
  • Seiler, S.N., Brummel, B.J., Anderson, K.L., Kim, K.J., Wee, S., Gunsalus, C.K., &Loui, M.C. (2011, July). Outcomes assessment of role-play scenarios for teaching responsible conduct of research.Accountability in Research: Policies & Quality Assurance, 18(4), 217-260. Link.
  • Steneck, N.H. and Bulger, R.E. (2007, September).The history, purpose, and future of instruction in the responsible conduct of research.Academic Medicine,82(9), 829-834. pdf

 

Research Ethics Education for International Graduate Students

 

  • Alexander, M. and Williams, W.R. (2004).A guidebook for teaching selected responsible conduct of research topics to a culturally diverse trainee group. Office of Research Integrity.pdf
  • Bower, C.L. (2011).Integrating ethical learning into intercultural communication classes.Teaching ethics, 11(2).pdf
  • Heitman, E. and Litewka, S. (2010). International perspectives on plagiarism and considerations for teaching international trainees.Official Journal of the Society of Urologic Oncology 29(1): 104-108. Link.
  • Lawson, W.D., Austin, K., Newberry, B., Darwin, T., &Gorsuch, G. (2006).Ethics instruction for international graduate students in engineering. NSF Proposal No. 0629344, National Science Foundation Program 06-524, SES-Ethics and Value Studies, Engineering and Technology. pdf. 
  • Lawson, W.D., Gorsuch, G.J., Darwon, T.J., Austin, K.A., & Newberry, B.P. (2009).Overcoming acculturation barriers to ethics education for international engineering graduate students: an integrative approach. 11th International Conference on Ethics Across the Curriculum, Rochester Institute of Technology. pdf
  • Lawson, W.D. and Guinn, H.B., (2010, March 4-7). Online ethics instruction for international and domestic Engineering graduate students.Handout.Ethics Education in Engineering, 19th Annual Meeting, Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, Cincinnati, OH.pdf.
  • Newberry, B., Austin, K.; Lawson, W., Gorsuch, G., & Darwin, T. (2011).Acclimating international graduate students to professional engineering ethics. Science and Engineering Ethics,17, 171-194. Link.

 

Integrating and Assessing Research Ethics Education

 

  • Abt Associates. (2011). Evaluation of the National Science Foundation's Integrative GraduateEducation and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT): Follow-up study of IGERT graduates. Final Report prepared for the National Science Foundation. Link.
  • Bebeau, M.J., Pimple, K.D., Borden, S.L., & Smith, D.H. (1995, December).Moral Reasoning in Scientific Research: Cases for Teaching and Assessment. Bloomington, IN: Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions. pdf
  • Bulger, R.E. and Heitman, E. (2007).Expanding responsible conduct of research instruction across the university.Academic Medicine,82(9), 876-8.Link.
  • Council of Graduate Schools.(2011). Assessment and review of graduate programs. Washington, D.C.: Author. Link.
  • Council of Graduate Schools.(2009). Best practices in graduate education for the responsible conduct of research. Washington, D.C.: Author. Link.
  • Cruz-Cruz, J.A., Curbelo, A.M., & Frey, W.J. (2010).Doing ethics across the curriculum: The EAC toolkit.Ethics journal, 10(2).pdf
  • Denecke, D., Kent, J.D., & Allum, J.An evidence-based approach to enhancing graduate education research and scholarly integrity.(2011, December).Communicator, 44(10), 1-4. pdf
  • DuBois, J.M., Schilling D.A., Heitman, E., Steneck, N.H., &Kon, A.A.  (2010). Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research: An Inventory of Programs and Materials within CTSAs. Clinical and Translational Science, 3(3), 109-111. Link.
  • Funk, C.L., Barrett, K.A., &Macrina, F.L. (2007). Authorship and publication practices: Evaluation of the effect of responsible conduct of research instruction to postdoctoral trainees. Accountability in Research,14(4), 269 – 305. Link.
  • Olson, L.E. (2010). Developing a Framework for Assessing Responsible Conduct of Research Education Programs.Science and Engineering Ethics, 16(1), 185-200. Link.
  • Ozar, D.T. (2001). Learning outcomes for ethics across the curriculum programs.Teaching ethics, 2(1).pdf
  • Pimple, K.D. (2001, October). Assessing teaching and learning in the responsible conduct of research. Background paper.Prepared for the Institute of Medicine Committee on Assessing Integrity in Research Environments.Link.
  • Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research. (2010, April 8). Educating for the responsible conduct of research (RCR): Strategies for research institutions.Webinar.Link.

Other Resources

 

  • AAAS-Office of Research Integrity (ORI) Bibliography.Link.
  • Office of Resource Integrity.Link.
  • Council of Graduate Schools, Project for Scholarly Integrity.Link.
  • CTSpedia.Link.
  • EAC (Ethics Across the Curriculum) Toolkit, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez. Website.Link.
  • Ethics CORE Digital Library.The Ethics CORE (Collaborative Online Resource Environment) digital library.Link.
  • Ethics Education Library: Ethics Education Resources in Engineering and the Sciences. Link.
  • Ethics in Science and Engineering National Clearinghouse Beta Site (ESENCe).Link.
  • Forum on Education Abroad.Link.
  • Global Ethics Observatory (GEObs).Link.
  • Illinois Institute of Technology Center for Study of Ethics in the Professions, Ethics Education Library.Link.
  • Inter-Association Network on Campus Internationalization (INCI).Resources for Campus Internationalization.Link.
  • International Dimensions of Ethics Education in Science and Engineering (IDEESE), University of Massachusetts Amherst and National Science Foundation. Link.
  • National Science Foundation, Ethics Education in Science and Engineering (EESE).Link.
  • Penn State University’s RCR Teaching Tools (SARI Program). Link.
  • Poynter Center for the Student of Ethics and American Institutions.Office of the Vice Provost for Research at Indiana University.Link.
  • Resources for Research Ethics Education. Research Ethics Program, UC San Diego. Link.

 

 

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