Beyond Bad Apples: Individual and institutional responsibilities in the promotion of research ethics and integrity
“It’s the Orchard, Not the Apples”. The main goal of BEYOND is to explore and advance individual and institutional responsibilities in the promotion of research ethics and research integrity, with a particular focus on the prevention of research misconduct through guidance and educational instruments. The project contributes to ensuring that the work carried out in the EU to tackle research misconduct relies on evidence-based foundations, moving beyond simplistic notions such as the 'bad apples' framework.
Prof. Rosemarie de La Cruz Bernabe (Center for Medical Ethics University of Oslo): “When we think of scientific misconduct, we think of that one “bad apple”. Though it is true that this researcher must be held personally accountable, it is not the main cause of the prevalence of scientific misconduct.”
Impact
Work packages focus on establishing a knowledge base for understanding the current state of research ethics and research integrity, organizing a bottom-up and solution-oriented public consultation, developing behavioral interventions, identifying methods and tools, creating a best practices manual, developing a roadmap and new and supplementary training materials for ethics and integrity education.
BEYOND consists of 13 partners from ten European countries, academics, research integrity organizations, national agencies, and more.
More info: https://beyondbadapples.eu/