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Policy No.: '''8003'''<br /> | Policy No.: '''8003'''<br /> | ||
Effective Date: '''02/11/05'''<br /> | Effective Date: '''02/11/05'''<br /> | ||
Revised Date: ''' | Revised Date: '''10/06/'''<br /> | ||
Reviewed Date: '''07/09/24'''<br /> <br /> | Reviewed Date: '''07/09/24'''<br /> <br /> | ||
<big>'''Research Integrity Policy'''</big> | <big>'''Research Integrity Policy'''</big> | ||
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'''''Plagiarism''''' means the appropriation of another person's ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit. | '''''Plagiarism''''' means the appropriation of another person's ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit. | ||
* Plagiarism includes the unattributed verbatim or nearly verbatim copying of sentences and paragraphs from another's work that materially misleads the reader regarding the contributions of the author. It does not include the limited use of identical or nearly identical phrases that describe a commonly used methodology. | * (a) Plagiarism includes the unattributed verbatim or nearly verbatim copying of sentences and paragraphs from another's work that materially misleads the reader regarding the contributions of the author. It does not include the limited use of identical or nearly identical phrases that describe a commonly used methodology. (b) Plagiarism does not include self-plagiarism or authorship or credit disputes, including disputes among former collaborators who participated jointly in the development or conduct of a research project. Self-plagiarism and authorship disputes do not meet the definition of research misconduct. | ||
'''''Preponderance of the evidence''''' means proof by evidence that, compared with evidence opposing it, leads to the conclusion that the fact at issue is more likely true than not. | '''''Preponderance of the evidence''''' means proof by evidence that, compared with evidence opposing it, leads to the conclusion that the fact at issue is more likely true than not. | ||
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:(b) the respondent committed the research misconduct intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly; and | :(b) the respondent committed the research misconduct intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly; and | ||
:(c) the allegation be proven by preponderance of the evidence. | :(c) the allegation be proven by preponderance of the evidence. | ||
*UNMC bears the burden of proof for making a finding of research misconduct. The destruction, absence of, or respondent’s failure to provide research records adequately documenting the questioned research is evidence of research misconduct where the institution establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that the respondent intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly had research records and destroyed them, had the opportunity to maintain the records but did not do so, or maintained the records and failed to produce them in a timely manner and that the respondent’s conduct constitutes a significant departure from accepted practices of the relevant research community. A respondent has the burden of going forward with and the burden of proving, by a preponderance of the evidence, any and all affirmative defenses raised (such as honest error). | *UNMC bears the burden of proof for making a finding of research misconduct. The destruction, absence of, or respondent’s failure to provide research records adequately documenting the questioned research is evidence of research misconduct where the institution establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that the respondent intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly had research records and destroyed them, had the opportunity to maintain the records but did not do so, or maintained the records and failed to produce them in a timely manner and that the respondent’s conduct constitutes a significant departure from accepted practices of the relevant research community. | ||
*A respondent has the burden of going forward with and the burden of proving, by a preponderance of the evidence, any and all affirmative defenses raised (such as honest error). | |||
===Duty to Report Research Misconduct=== | ===Duty to Report Research Misconduct=== | ||
All individuals subject to this policy, including, without limitation, all employees, students or other individuals associated with UNMC shall report observed, suspected, or apparent research misconduct in accordance with the procedures outlined in this policy. | All individuals subject to this policy, including, without limitation, all employees, students or other individuals associated with UNMC shall report observed, suspected, or apparent research misconduct in accordance with the procedures outlined in this policy. | ||