Beyond "Compliance": The Role of Institutional Culture in Promoting Research Integrity
Beyond "Compliance": The Role of Institutional Culture in Promoting Research Integrity
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DOI：
10.1097/acm.0b013e3181e5f0e5
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发表时间：
2010-08-01
影响因子：
7.4
通讯作者：
Sugarman, Jeremy
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作者：
Geller, Gail;Boyce, Alison;Sugarman, Jeremy
目的为机构文化在促进研究伦理和诚信方面的作用的概念探索提供数据。方法作者强调了在约翰·霍普金斯临床转化科学奖下进行的多模式需求评估中出现的相关主题，该评估涉及临床和转化研究中遇到的伦理问题。通过针对研究人员的简短调查、主要由教职员工和研究员参加的研究道德和诚信教育课程的课程评估、对研究道德教育的机构政策的审查以及对主要行政官员的深入访谈，收集了定性和定量数据。结果主要主题包括监管合规性以及组织层级不同级别的研究人员之间的关系对负责任的研究行为的相对影响。大多数受访者（85%）表示愿意报告涉嫌违反研究诚信的行为，但其他人则因担心职业影响而感到不舒服。受访者深入了解了他们认为对促进研究诚信最有帮助的研究环境中的因素，特别是在个人或团体之间的关系和权力差异方面。结论遵守研究法规只是机构研究道德文化的众多重要因素之一。同样重要的是明确阐明法规背后的道德推理，以及通过鼓励开放沟通来纠正权力失衡的努力。改善学术研究团队各成员之间关系的其他方法应该是未来研究的重点。
PurposeTo contribute data to conceptual explorations of the role of institutional culture in promoting research ethics and integrity.MethodThe authors highlight relevant themes that emerged from a multimodal needs assessment conducted under the Johns Hopkins Clinical Translational Science Award regarding ethical issues encountered in the conduct of clinical and translational research. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected through a short survey targeting research staff, course evaluations from a research ethics and integrity education course attended primarily by faculty and fellows, a review of institutional policies on research ethics education, and in-depth interviews of key administrative officials.ResultsMajor themes included the relative influence of regulatory compliance and relationships between research personnel at different levels of the organizational hierarchy on the responsible conduct of research. The majority of respondents (85%) expressed comfort with reporting suspected breaches in research integrity, but the others did not feel comfortable doing so for fear of professional repercussions. Respondents provided insight into factors in the research environment they felt were most helpful in fostering research integrity, particularly with respect to relationships and power differentials between individuals or groups.ConclusionsCompliance with research regulations is only one of a number of important factors in an institution's ethical culture of research. Equally important are a clear articulation of the ethical reasoning that underlies the regulations, and efforts to redress power imbalances by encouraging open communication. Other ways of improving relationships among various members of the academic research team should be the focus of future investigations.