Selected Resources on Research Ethics Education in International Collaborations

The sources below include a small sample from a growing literature on research ethics issues in international collaborations as well as other sources on research ethics in graduate education. Please click on the links below to access resources on:

Research Ethics Issues in International Collaborations

Anderson, M.S. and Steneck, N.H. (Eds.) (2010).International research collaborations: Much to be gained, many ways to get in trouble. New York and London: Routledge. Link.
Aschwanden, C. (2007). Seeking an International Dialogue on Research Integrity. Cell,131(1), 9-11. pdf
Boesz, C. and Lloyd, N. (2008). Collaborations: Investigating International Misconduct. Nature, 452(7188), 686-687. doi: 10.1038/452686a. Link.
Chaplin, C. (2006). Ethics of international clinical research collaboration—the experience of AlloStem. International Journal of Immunogenetics, 33(1), 1-5. DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.2006.00573. Link.
Callister, L.C., Getmanenko, N.I., Khalaf, I., Garvrish, N., Semenic, S., Vehvilainen-Jukunen, K., and Turkina, N.V. (2006, January). Collaborative International Research. Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 37, 1. Link.
Council of Graduate Schools. (2012). Research and Scholarly Integrity in Graduate Education: A Comprehensive Approach. Washington, D.C.: Author. Link.
Council of Graduate Schools. (2010). Global perspectives on graduate international collaborations. Washington, D.C.: Author. Link.
Council of Graduate Schools. (2009). Global perspectives on research ethics and scholarly integrity. Washington, D.C.: Author. Link.
Council of Graduate Schools. (2010). Joint degrees, dual degrees, and international research collaborations: CGS International Collaborations Project. Washington, D.C.: Author. Link.
Council of Graduate Schools. (2008). The Project for Scholarly Integrity in graduate education: A framework for collaborative action. Washington, D.C.: Author. pdf.
European Science Foundation. (2007). Research integrity: Global responsibility to foster common standards. Science policy briefing.Office of Research Integrity, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. pdf
Loo, K.K. (2009). Procedural challenges in international collaborative research.Academic psychiatry: the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry, 33(3), 229-33. Link.
Mayer, T. and Steneck, N.H. (2007). Final report to European Science Foundation (ESF) and Office of Research Integrity (ORI,) First World Conference on Research Integrity: Fostering Responsible Research. pdf.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Global Science Forum. (2007). Best Practices for Ensuring Scientific Integrity and Preventing Misconduct. pdf.
Peterson, M.J. (2008). Workplace ethics in transnational contexts. International dimensions of ethics education in Science and Engineering (IDEESE), University of Massachusetts Amherst. Link.
Sloan, S.S. and Arrison, T. (2011). Examining core elements of international research collaboration.Washington, DC: National Academies Press. Link.

Research Ethics for U.S. Scholars Abroad

Adams, V., Miller, S., Craig, S., Nyima, Sonam, Droyoung, Lhakpen, & Varner, M. (2005, September). The challenge of cross-cultural clinical trials research: Case report from the Tibetan Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. Medical anthropology quarterly, 19(3), 267-289. pdf.
Bartlett, E.E. (2008, December). International analysis of institutional review boards registered with the U.S. Office for Human Research Protections. Journal of empirical research on human research ethics: An international journal, 3(4). 49-56. Link.
Hyder, A.A., Wali, S.A., Khan, A.N., Teoh, N.B., Kass, N.E., & Dawson, L. Ethical review of health research: A perspective from developing country researchers. (2004, February).Journal of medical ethics, 30(1), 68-72.doi:10.1136/jme.2002.001933. Link.
Kaufman, C.E. and Ramarao, S. (2005, April). Community confidentiality, consent, and the individual research process: Implications for demographic research. Population research and policy review, 24(2), 149-173.doi: 10.1007/s11113-004-0329-9. Link.
London, A.J. (2005, Jan-Feb). Justice and the human development approach to international research.Hastings Center Report,35(1), 24-37. pdf.
Marshall, P.A. (2006, March). Informed consent in international health research. Journal of empirical research on human research ethics: An international journal, 1(1), 25-42. Link.
Office of Human Research Compliance Review (OHRCR). (2011, September 15). International human subjects research risks. University of Michigan. pdf.
Participants in the 2001 Conference on Ethical Aspects of Research in Developing Countries.(2004, May-June).Moral standards for research in developing countries: From “reasonable availability” to “fair benefits.”Hastings Center Report, 34(3), 17-27. Link.
Riis, P. (1993, March). Medical ethics in the European community.Journal of medical ethics, 19(1), 7-12. pdf.
Sleem, H., Abdelhai, R.A.A., Al-Abdallat, I., Al-Naif, M., Gabr, H.M., Kehil, E., Sadiq, B.B., Yousri, R., Elsayed, D., Sulaiman, S., & Silverman, H. (2010, September).Development of an accessible self-assessment tool for research ethics committees in developing countries. Journal of empirical research on human research ethics: An international journal, 5(3), 85-96. Link.

Research Ethics in Graduate Education

American Council on Education (ACE). (2012). Mapping Internationalization on U.S. Campuses (2012 edition). Washington, D.C.: Author. pdf.
Center for Engineering, Ethics, and Society (CEES). Ethics Education and Scientific and Engineering Research: What's Been Learned? What Should Be Done? Summary of a Workshop. (2009). Center for Engineering, Ethics, and Society (CEES). Link.
Council of Graduates Schools. (2006). Graduate education for the responsible conduct of research. Washington, D.C.: Author. Link.
Deming N., Fryer-Edwards, K., Dudzinski, D., Starks, H., Culver, J., Hopley, E., Robins, L., & Burke, W. (2007). Incorporating principles and practical wisdom in research ethics education: A preliminary study. Academic medicine, 82(1), 18-23. Link.
Gallant, T.B. (2008). Academic integrity in the 21^st century: A teaching and learning imperative: ASHE Higher Education report, 33(5). Jossey-Bass. Link.
Heitman, E., Olsen, C.H., Anestidou, L., &Bulger, R.E. (2007). New graduate students’ baseline knowledge of the responsible conduct of research. Academic medicine, 82(9), 838-45. Link.
Kalichman, M.W. (2007). Responding to challenges in educating for the responsible conduct of research. Academic Medicine,82(9), 870-5. Link.
McGee, R., Almquist, J., Keller, J.L., & Jacobsen, S.J. (2008). Teaching and learning responsible research conduct: Influences of prior experiences on acceptance of new ideas. Accountability in Research: Policies & Quality Assurance,15(1), 30-62. pdf.
Mitchell, T., and Carrol, J. (2008). Academic and research misconduct in the PhD: Issues for students and supervisors. Nurse Education Today, 28(2), 218-26. Link.
Seiler, S.N., Brummel, B.J., Anderson, K.L., Kim, K.J., Wee, S., Gunsalus, C.K., &Loui, M.C. (2011, July). Outcomes assessment of role-play scenarios for teaching responsible conduct of research. Accountability in Research: Policies & Quality Assurance, 18(4), 217-260. Link.
Steneck, N.H., and Bulger, R.E. (2007, September). The history, purpose, and future of instruction in the responsible conduct of research. Academic Medicine, 82(9), 829-834. pdf.

Research Ethics Education for International Graduate Students

Alexander, M., and Williams, W.R. (2004). A guidebook for teaching selected responsible conduct of research topics to a culturally diverse trainee group. Office of Research Integrity. pdf.
Bower, C.L. (2011). Integrating ethical learning into intercultural communication classes. Teaching ethics, 11(2). pdf.
Heitman, E., and Litewka, S. (2010). International perspectives on plagiarism and considerations for teaching international trainees. Official Journal of the Society of Urologic Oncology 29(1): 104-108. Link.
Lawson, W.D., Austin, K., Newberry, B., Darwin, T., & Gorsuch, G. (2006). Ethics instruction for international graduate students in engineering. NSF Proposal No. 0629344, National Science Foundation Program 06-524, SES-Ethics and Value Studies, Engineering and Technology. pdf.
Lawson, W.D., Gorsuch, G.J., Darwon, T.J., Austin, K.A., & Newberry, B.P. (2009). Overcoming acculturation barriers to ethics education for international engineering graduate students: an integrative approach. 11^th International Conference on Ethics Across the Curriculum, Rochester Institute of Technology. pdf.
Lawson, W.D., and Guinn, H.B. (2010, March 4-7). Online ethics instruction for international and domestic Engineering graduate students.Handout.Ethics Education in Engineering, 19th Annual Meeting, Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, Cincinnati, OH. pdf.
Newberry, B., Austin, K.; Lawson, W., Gorsuch, G., & Darwin, T. (2011). Acclimating international graduate students to professional engineering ethics. Science and Engineering Ethics,17, 171-194. Link.

Integrating and Assessing Research Ethics Education

Abt Associates. (2011). Evaluation of the National Science Foundation's Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT): Follow-up study of IGERT graduates. Final Report prepared for the National Science Foundation. Link.
Bebeau, M.J., Pimple, K.D., Borden, S.L., & Smith, D.H. (1995, December). Moral Reasoning in Scientific Research: Cases for Teaching and Assessment. Bloomington, IN: Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions. pdf.
Bulger, R.E., and Heitman, E. (2007). Expanding responsible conduct of research instruction across the university. Academic Medicine,82(9), 876-8. Link.
Council of Graduate Schools. (2011). Assessment and review of graduate programs. Washington, D.C.: Author. Link.
Council of Graduate Schools. (2009). Best practices in graduate education for the responsible conduct of research. Washington, D.C.: Author. Link.
Cruz-Cruz, J.A., Curbelo, A.M., & Frey, W.J. (2010). Doing ethics across the curriculum: The EAC toolkit. Ethics journal, 10(2). pdf.
Denecke, D., Kent, J.D., & Allum, J. (2011, December). An evidence-based approach to enhancing graduate education research and scholarly integrity. Communicator, 44(10), 1-4. pdf.
DuBois, J.M., Schilling D.A., Heitman, E., Steneck, N.H., &Kon, A.A. (2010). Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research: An Inventory of Programs and Materials within CTSAs. Clinical and Translational Science, 3(3), 109-111. Link.
Funk, C.L., Barrett, K.A., &Macrina, F.L. (2007). Authorship and publication practices: Evaluation of the effect of responsible conduct of research instruction to postdoctoral trainees. Accountability in Research,14(4), 269 – 305. Link.
Olson, L.E. (2010). Developing a Framework for Assessing Responsible Conduct of Research Education Programs. Science and Engineering Ethics, 16(1), 185-200. Link.
Ozar, D.T. (2001). Learning outcomes for ethics across the curriculum programs.Teaching ethics, 2(1). pdf.
Pimple, K.D. (2001, October). Assessing teaching and learning in the responsible conduct of research. Background paper. Prepared for the Institute of Medicine Committee on Assessing Integrity in Research Environments. Link.
Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research. (2010, April 8). Educating for the responsible conduct of research (RCR): Strategies for research institutions. Webinar. Link.

Other Resources

AAAS-Office of Research Integrity (ORI) Bibliography. Link.
Office of Resource Integrity. Link.
Council of Graduate Schools, Project for Scholarly Integrity. Link.
CTSpedia. Link.
EAC (Ethics Across the Curriculum) Toolkit, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez. Website. Link.
Ethics CORE Digital Library.The Ethics CORE (Collaborative Online Resource Environment) digital library. Link.
Ethics Education Library: Ethics Education Resources in Engineering and the Sciences. Link.
Ethics in Science and Engineering National Clearinghouse Beta Site (ESENCe). Link.
Forum on Education Abroad. Link.
Global Ethics Observatory (GEObs). Link.
Illinois Institute of Technology Center for Study of Ethics in the Professions, Ethics Education Library. Link.
Inter-Association Network on Campus Internationalization (INCI).Resources for Campus Internationalization. Link.
International Dimensions of Ethics Education in Science and Engineering (IDEESE), University of Massachusetts Amherst and National Science Foundation. Link.
National Science Foundation, Ethics Education in Science and Engineering (EESE). Link.
Penn State University’s RCR Teaching Tools (SARI Program). Link.
Poynter Center for the Student of Ethics and American Institutions. Office of the Vice Provost for Research at Indiana University. Link.
Resources for Research Ethics Education. Research Ethics Program, UC San Diego. Link.

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