A new paper titled Scientific Integrity Principles and Best Practices: Recommendations from a Scientific Integrity Consortium has been published in the journal Science and Engineering Ethics. It is the outcome of discussions from a group led by the International Life Science Institute in early 2017, and it presents a set of recommended principles and best practices to help establish standards of scientific integrity. The group consisted of representatives from government agencies, professional societies, universities, and no-profit research organisations, to represent a wide range of scientific disciplines and community interests.
The article describes two overarching principles that represent the umbrella under which scientific processes should operate, and nine best practices for instilling scientific integrity through their implementation.
The two overarching principles are:
The nine recommended best practices for fostering scientific integrity are:
Each of these principles is fleshed out in full detail in the paper, which is available as open access from the journal.
Since developing this framework in 2018, the group have campaigned for the adoption of the principles, and now intends to collaborate with organisations to explore the development of the items outlined in the checklist, and develop suitable metrics to measure scientific integrity.
Kretser, A., Murphy, D., Bertuzzi, S. et al. Scientific Integrity Principles and Best Practices: Recommendations from a Scientific Integrity Consortium. Sci Eng Ethics (2019) 25: 327.
doi.org/10.1007/s11948-019-00094-3