Research Integrity: Difference between revisions

:(c) the allegation be proven by preponderance of the evidence

*UNMC bears the burden of proof for making a finding of research misconduct

** A respondent’s destruction of research records documenting the questioned research is evidence of research misconduct where UNMC establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that the respondent intentionally or knowingly destroyed records after being informed of the research misconduct allegations.

** A respondent’s failure to provide records documenting the questioned research is evidence of research misconduct where the respondent claims to possess      the records but refuses to provide them upon request.

** The absence of or failure to retain records over time that violates retention requirements is not necessarily evidence of misconduct and will not automatically lead to an adverse inference. The facts and circumstances surrounding the absence of or failure to retain records must be examined to determine whether absence or failure constitutes evidence of research misconduct.