Why do we need scientific integrity?

• Glo­ba­li­za­tion of research has led to a loss of public confi­dence in its actors and results.
• To react and to sup­port the Open Science move­ment, the scien­ti­fic com­mu­ni­ty has issued rules of good conduct.

What is scientific integrity?

• Scien­ti­fic Inte­gri­ty is about pro­mo­ting and res­pec­ting good prac­tice in the conduct of research.

How is scientific integrity achieved?

• The Sin­ga­pore decla­ra­tion of July 2010 has been taken up by the various coun­tries which have deve­lo­ped it in the form of natio­nal charters.
• France crea­ted the OFIS (Office Fran­çais de l'Intégrité Scien­ti­fique) in March 2017 as a depart­ment of the HCERES (Haut Conseil de l'Evaluation de la Recherche et de l'Enseignement Supérieur).
• The UTC has signed the Natio­nal Char­ter and has com­mit­ted its staff to res­pect it.
• The UTC has appoin­ted a ‘Réfé­rent Inté­gri­té Scien­ti­fique’ (RIS), Jean-Paul Bar­thès (Prof. Eme­ri­tus at the UTC-GI), as reques­ted by the Government.
• OFIS has crea­ted a net­work of RIS named RESINT to exchange infor­ma­tion and har­mo­nize positions.

Role of the scientific integrity referent

• Raise awa­re­ness among all those invol­ved in research.
• Veri­fy the com­pliance of beha­viours with the Euro­pean or natio­nal charter.
• Inves­ti­gate pro­blems of any devia­tions from the Charter.
• To present the results to the Pre­sident-Direc­tor of UTC.

Particularly important points to be checked by each person

• Dis­tin­guish bet­ween intel­lec­tual pro­per­ty and indus­trial property.
• Beware of pla­gia­rism, inclu­ding self-pla­gia­rism (res­pect copyright).
• Check that the cri­te­ria for appea­ring as an author of a publi­ca­tion are verified.
• Never "improve" on alrea­dy publi­shed results.
• Pay par­ti­cu­lar atten­tion to conflicts of inter­est in the eva­lua­tion of research.

Why is this important?

• Fun­ding bodies and agen­cies (Europe, ANR, CNRS, etc.) have adop­ted a Char­ter and will now require that research pro­po­sals com­ply with their scien­ti­fic inte­gri­ty Char­ter and that the research fun­ded is car­ried out in accor­dance with their charter.

For further information

• Site of OFIS
• The INSERM website
• Good prac­tices concer­ning scien­ti­fic publications
• Docu­ments cen­tra­li­zed by OFIS

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