TY - GEN
T1 - Considering ethics and the responsible conduct of research in tribology and in engineering
AU - Higgs, C. F.
AU - Braunschweiger, P.
PY - 2011/12/1
Y1 - 2011/12/1
N2 - The scientific corpus in technical fields such tribology is not immune from the harm resulting from unethical research behavior, whether intentional or unintentional. When combining this with an increasingly competitive and globalized scientific arena, the research environment can become quite fertile grounds for spawning unethical research behavior. At the same time, the increasing speed of the dissemination of research results due to the various online publication formats has highlighted the need for honest and transparent publications. Primarily developed from research conduct training modules created by the second author and his team at the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI), this primer paper serves to illuminate the tenets of responsible research conduct for senior, mid-career and junior tribologists, in addition to scientists in related fields of engineering who want to know what it means to rigorously pursue scientific research in an ethical manner.
AB - The scientific corpus in technical fields such tribology is not immune from the harm resulting from unethical research behavior, whether intentional or unintentional. When combining this with an increasingly competitive and globalized scientific arena, the research environment can become quite fertile grounds for spawning unethical research behavior. At the same time, the increasing speed of the dissemination of research results due to the various online publication formats has highlighted the need for honest and transparent publications. Primarily developed from research conduct training modules created by the second author and his team at the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI), this primer paper serves to illuminate the tenets of responsible research conduct for senior, mid-career and junior tribologists, in addition to scientists in related fields of engineering who want to know what it means to rigorously pursue scientific research in an ethical manner.
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U2 - 10.1115/IJTC2011-61280
DO - 10.1115/IJTC2011-61280
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84862518482
SN - 9780791854747
T3 - American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Tribology Division, TRIB
SP - 393
EP - 395
BT - ASME/STLE 2011 International Joint Tribology Conference, IJTC 2011
T2 - ASME/STLE 2011 International Joint Tribology Conference, IJTC 2011
Y2 - 24 October 2011 through 26 October 2011
ER -