Scientific Misconduct
Research/Scientific Misconduct
Misconduct in Research, Scholarly Work and Creative Activity at the University
of Alaska is covered in UA Board of Regents policy (P10.07.06) and regulations
(R10.07.06). According to UA Board of Regents Regulation R10.07.06:
“Misconduct” includes fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, or other practices
that deviate from ethical standards and practices commonly accepted within the
academic and scientific community for proposing, conducting, or reporting
research, scholarly work, or creative activity. Honest error or honest differences
in analysis, interpretation or judgments of data will not be considered to be
instances of misconduct.
UAA faculty, staff and students are expected to abide by federal laws and
regulations, university policies and regulations, sponsor guidelines, and
accepted codes of professional ethics and conduct in their research endeavors.
It is the responsibility of all university personnel to report instances of
research/scientific misconduct to the appropriate university official. This helps
protect the reputation of UAA and ensures continued access to sponsored
funds (i.e. grants and contracts) for all university researchers.
Reporting
The scope of research/scientific misconduct is limited to fabrication, falsification
and plagarism. Misconduct may occur in publications, posters, presentations,
funding proposals, agency reports, etc. Allegations of research/scientific
misconduct should be directed to the Vice Provost for Research and Graduate
Studies. General timelines and procedures for handling misconduct allegations
are described in the UA Board of Regents Regulations (R10.07.06).
Disputes outside the limited scope of research/scientific misconduct must be
handled through the appropriate faculty or staff union or university governance
processes. Contact Human Resources for more information on filing a formal
grievance.
Whistleblower Protections
All UAA employees are protected against reprisal due to good faith allegations
as required by state and federal regulation. Students are protected against
reprisal based on good faith allegations by institutional policy.
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Students are protected from reprisals arising from good faith reporting
under Board of Regents policy (P09.01.09).
Employees are guaranteed protection from reprisal due to good faith
allegations by the Alaska Whistleblower Act (AS 39.90.100-150) - see
chapter 39.90 Miscellaneous Provisions, Article 2, "Protection for
Whistleblowers"