Research integrity
The Research Integrity of College ESLG upholds the following fundamental values:
• Trust
• Fairness
• Honesty
• Responsibility
• Respect
The research integrity of College ESLG is regulated by Research Integrity Policy of College ESLG, which defines the following:
• obligations and responsibilities of researcher community at College ESLG;
• misconduct in research, which defined separately also in the Academic Integrity Policy of College ESLG;
• procedures that must be initiated when there is reasonable grounds to suspect of misconduct in research;
Misconduct in research
Misconduct in research from academic staff and students involved in research includes, but it not limited to:
a. Fabrication of research data, which includes the fabrication of data, source materials, research methods and research results;
b. Falsification of research data, which includes the manipulation of data, research methods and findings without proper acknowledgment;
c. Plagiarism which includes the presentation of other author’s published and unpublished work as its own, including theories, concepts, data, source materials, research methodologies without references;
d. Lack of recognition of contributions of others, including the use of unpublished material of others without permission;
e. Attribution of authorship to persons other than those that contributed sufficiently in line with the intellectual content, including acceptance to be listed as an author although the listing is highly inappropriate in terms of contribution and discipline;
f. Self-plagiarism and redundant publication whereby own’s previous publication is re-published without adequate acknowledgement of the source or justification.
g. Failure to protect researchers, human subjects, the health and safety of the public, or the welfare of lab animals;
h. Lack of disclosure of conflict of interest with regards to the College ESLG and research sponsors;
i. Misconduct in financial management of research funds and research projects of the College;
j. Including the names of co-applicants, or partners on grants, and co-authors in papers, conference abstracts, and research articles without their written or explicit agreement;
