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Should the Regulation of Research Misconduct Be Integrated with the Ethics Framework Promulgated in The Belmont Report ?
Author(s) -
Redman Barbara K.,
Caplan Arthur L.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ethics and human research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.353
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2578-2363
pISSN - 2578-2355
DOI - 10.1002/eahr.500078
Subject(s) - misconduct , scientific misconduct , research ethics , consistency (knowledge bases) , human research , psychology , research integrity , political science , criminology , engineering ethics , law , public relations , medicine , computer science , alternative medicine , engineering , psychiatry , pathology , artificial intelligence , cognitive science
The federal research misconduct regulations finalized in 2005 did not incorporate important principles regarding human subjects protections articulated in The Belmont Report , yet research misconduct can involve harms to research subjects and to subsequent patients whose treatments are based on false research findings. Consistency with the Belmont principles would require assuring regular monitoring to detect research misconduct, tracing effects of research misconduct on trial participants and informing them of these effects, and assuring timely correction of published reports of research findings if research misconduct related to the study was subsequently discovered. Research misconduct has historically been viewed as a matter for the scientific community to manage; it is actually a threat to the welfare of human subjects and ethically ought to be treated as such.