Sharon Shriver sps10@psu.edu www.research.psu.edu/orp

• Penn State’s program for the education of graduate students in ethical research and scholarship
14 colleges, multiple locations
~ 200 graduate programs
~ 9000 graduate students
• Inspired by the America COMPETES Act (2007):
• NSF-funded institutions must “…provide appropriate training and oversight in the responsible and ethical conduct of research”

SARI Program format
• Part 1: Online RCR training program offered by
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)
• Biomedical science, physical sciences, engineering, social/behavioral science, human subjects, humanities
• Part 2: Five hours of discipline-specific discussion
• Offered through PSU colleges and graduate programs

• “Research” vs. “scholarship” vs. ??
• History of field (?)
– Medicine
– Research
– Engineering
– Biomedical science
– ? Humanities
“Unfortunately, the discipline of history does not lack for recent examples of questionable research ethics.”

Erich Schienke, Assistant Professor - Science, Technology, and Society Program
Pennsylvania State University

Ethical Leadership and Decision Making in Education (2005) Shapiro, J., and Stefkovich, J.

Data acquisition, management, sharing and ownership
Conflict of interest and commitment
Human subjects
Animal welfare
Research misconduct, including plagiarism
Publication practices and responsible authorship
Mentor/trainee responsibilities
Peer review
Collaborative research

yyyyy Data acquisition, management, sharing and ownership yyy Conflict of interest and commitment yyyyyyy y
Human subjects
Animal welfare yyyyyyy yy
Research misconduct, including plagiarism yyyyyy
Publication practices and responsible authorship
Mentor/trainee responsibilities
Peer review yyyyyyy y Collaborative research yyyyyyy y

• English: training on using bibliographic materials; collaborative projects; ethics of translation; use of copyrighted material
• History / Archaeology / Anthropology: protocols for using human remains, e.g. Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act; oral history ethics
• Jewish studies: effects of research on subject populations
• Economics: proper handling and sharing of data and methods (e.g. guidelines from American Economic
Association)

• Art education:
– Art education: human subjects research in virtual environments (Second Life, SIMS)
– Returning ancient artifacts to rightful owners
– Use/abuse of sacred or ritual artifacts
– De-accessioning artworks from museums for money
– Research with children
– Online images and public media

• Introduction to the Responsible Conduct of Research
• Research Misconduct in The Arts and Humanities
• Data Acquisition and Management Module
• Responsible Authorship and Publication
• Responsible Peer Review Module – Humanities
• Responsible Mentoring Module
• Conflicts of Interest in Research in the Humanities
• Responsible Conduct of Collaborative Science Module

• Introduction to the Responsible Conduct of Research rewrite
• Research Misconduct in The Arts and Humanities rewrite
• Data Acquisition and Management Module revise
• Responsible Authorship and Publication revise
• Responsible Peer Review Module – Humanities rewrite
• Responsible Mentoring Module revise
• Conflicts of Interest in Research in the Humanities omit
• Responsible Conduct of Collaborative Science – rewrite

• Language
• Examples / Case studies
• Content

Example: Responsible authorship and publication
• Introduction
• Deception
• “The Scientific Corpus”
• Authorship
• International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
(ICMJE) standards
• Order of authors
• Redundant publication and self-plagiarism
• Fragmentation
• How to make an acknowledgement
• Conclusion
• Resources

Example: Responsible authorship and publication: Case studies
• The grateful author
• The deceased author
• The chair as an author
• Whose data is it anyway?
• Taking short cuts
• Stephen Ambrose/Doris
Kearns Goodwin
• John Allegro / Dead Sea
Scrolls
• Case “Conducting Research in Online Communities”
(APPE publication)