Feature Index: Research Integrity

Jim Austin, editor of Science Careers.:...Research integrity is an active, positive pursuit, and not merely the absence of scientific wrongdoing. It's the sum total of all the little decisions scientists make in the course of their scientific work: the way they handle data, treat trainees and peers, deal with regulatory requirements, keep the books, and so on. It's the foundation of everything we do as scientists, but very few of us ever take a class in it...