Radiation Effects Research Foundation
Code of Conduct Regarding Research Activities
The Radiation Effects Research Foundation (hereinafter referred to as “this juristicperson”) carries out its research activities aiming at conducting research and studies forpeaceful purposes on medical effects of radiation and associated diseases in humans,with a view to contributing to maintenance of the health and welfare of the atomic bomb
survivors and to enhancement of the health of all humankind.
Considering the social impact and significance of the research activities, each person
involved in research activities (research scientists and general employees stipulated in
Article 2 of the Rules of Employment and all other individuals who engage in research
activities or research support activities using research funds or this juristic person’s
facilities/equipment (hereinafter referred to as “employees and others”)) is required tomaintain a high level of research ethics when conducting the activities.
This juristic person has prepared its code of conduct, as shown below, in respect for
the Code of Conduct for Scientists prepared by the Science Council of Japan on January
25, 2013, in order to maintain healthy environments and conduct the research activities
sincerely ensuring credibility and impartiality of the activities.
1. Research activities(1) Employees and others must never commit research misconduct such as fabrication,falsification, plagiarism, duplicate submission, and Inappropriate authorship* in the
research activities. Employees and others also must not make external researchcollaborators, vendors/contractors for services to this juristic person, or others
commit such misconduct.
(2) Employees and others must try to correct research misconduct, if any such
misconduct is performed. Employees and others must not let research misconduct
go, if they learn that such misconduct has been performed or is going to beperformed.
(3) To ensure transparency and credibility of the research activities, employees andothers shall try to prevent occurrence of research misconduct by duly managing
and preserving research materials including records of research experiments andstudies.
(4) Employees and others shall observe confidentiality involved in research activities
and try to protect personal information learned in the process of the activities. They
shall also strive to protect the rights and welfare of the research subjects as well as*Fabrication: Making up data or research results, etc.
Falsification: Manipulating research materials, equipment, or processes to change data or results
obtained from research activities.
Plagiarism: Appropriating the ideas, analysis, analytical methods, data, research results, research
paper(s), or words of other researchers without obtaining the permission of theresearchers or giving appropriate credit.
Duplicate submission: Submitting essentially the same research paper as one that has already been
published or submitted to another journal.
Inappropriate authorship: Failure to attribute authorship of a paper to the qualified authors.
Quote from the “Code of Conduct for Scientists (January 25, 2013),” Science Council of Japan(http://www.scj.go.jp/en/report/code.html)

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(5) Employees and others shall be alert for potential conflict of interest in theirresearch activities and strive to prevent conflict of interest from impairing fair andproper judgment in research activities or from inviting concerns from a third party.
(6) Employees and others, in their research activities, must mutually value individual’s
personality and freedom and must not discriminate an individual for his/her race,gender, social status or creed. Employees and others also must not harass others bytaking advantage of their status in conducting research.
2. Use of research funds(1) Employees and others must fairly, effectively and efficiently use all research funds
managed by this juristic person (hereinafter referred to as “research funds”), withthe full awareness of the responsibilities as a public interest incorporated
foundation.
(2) Employees and others shall observe the laws and regulations related to use of
research funds and achieve social accountability.
(3) Employees and others shall strive to ensure proper and planned use of researchfunds based on research plans and must not engage in research fund misuse, suchas use of the funds for other purposes than the primary purpose and spending thefunds by false claim.
(4) Employees and others shall act fairly in their transactions with vendors/contractors
for services to this juristic person involving use of research funds in order not toinvite doubt or mistrust from a third party.
(5) Employees and others shall, with the awareness that misuse of research funds may
severely impact this juristic person’s entire research activities, unflaggingly strive
to eliminate the factors for occurrence of fund misuse and adhere to the plans forprevention of fund misuse stipulated elsewhere.

Supplementary provisions
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Revision of the code of conduct requires the approval of the Operating Committee.
The code of conduct shall go into effect beginning June 1, 2016.

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