Academic Journal

National Cross-Disciplinary Research Ethics and Integrity Study: Methodology and Results from Estonia

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: National Cross-Disciplinary Research Ethics and Integrity Study: Methodology and Results from Estonia
اللغة: English
المؤلفون: Kadri Simm (ORCID 0000-0002-6691-779X), Mari-Liisa Parder (ORCID 0000-0002-7612-9797), Anu Tammeleht, Kadri Lees
المصدر: Research Ethics. 2024 20(3):514-538.
الاتاحة: SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 25
تاريخ النشر: 2024
نوع الوثيقة: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Ethics, Integrity, Interdisciplinary Approach, Research Universities, Research Methodology, Financial Support, Authors, Peer Relationship, Researchers, Plagiarism, Deception, Misinformation, College Faculty, School Surveys, Career Development, Guidelines, Work Environment, Foreign Countries
مصطلحات جغرافية: Estonia
DOI: 10.1177/17470161241239791
تدمد: 1747-0161
2047-6094
مستخلص: While empirical studies of research ethics and integrity are increasingly common, few have aimed at national scope, and even fewer at current results from Central and Eastern Europe. This article introduces the results of the first national research integrity survey in Estonia, which included all research-performing organisations in Estonia, was inclusive of all disciplines and all levels of experience. A web-based survey was developed and carried out in Estonia with a call sent to all accredited Estonian research institutions. The results indicate that the vast majority (89%) of respondents consider research ethics and integrity issues important and view falsification, fabrication, and plagiarism (FFPs) as the most severe forms of misconduct. Self-reporting of FFPs is generally comparable to levels published in other studies (6.2%). Gift authorship (41%) and hampering the work of a colleague (32%) were problematic practices most noticed among colleagues. At the same time, two of the noticed questionable research practices (QRPs) - salami-slicing and misuse of research funding -- were seen as less severe, hinting at the existence of counter-norms that career advancement rules and structural factors like funding policies may encourage. The availability of research ethics and integrity guidelines was considered good. Ethical aspects of studying potentially stigmatising data in a very small research community are discussed in the article and results are analysed through counter-norms andc normative dissonance frames.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2024
رقم الانضمام: EJ1432525
قاعدة البيانات: ERIC
الوصف
تدمد:1747-0161
2047-6094
DOI:10.1177/17470161241239791