Misconduct in Science Armstrong Atlantic State University has long embraced the principle that honesty is an essential component of scholarly activity. Principal investigators and others in positions of responsibility for the conduct of research and scholarly activity are expected to exercise reasonable supervision of those under their direction to ensure the integrity of the research or scholarly activity being conducted. The university assumes primary responsibility for investigating and resolving allegations of scientific and scholarly misconduct by its campus community. This responsibility holds regardless of whether the activity involved was funded by external agencies. The policy contained in the Grants and Contracts Manual for Research and Sponsored Programs sets forth procedures and guidelines that are to be followed in resolving actual and potential conflicts of interest and commitment pertaining to sponsored projects.
Academic responsibility is the correlative of such freedom.
Just as freedom to teach, learn, and conduct research are inseparable attributes of academic freedom for faculty in universities and colleges, so freedom to administer is an inseparable part of academic freedom for college and university administrators. The correlative academic responsibility for administrators requires them to exercise academic freedom within the special service functions of higher education and within the objectives of the institution. The administrative function of higher education exists to serve the educational community by facilitating the process of education and by the creation and maintenance of a milieu conducive to the teaching, learning, scholarship, and service functions of higher education. The exercise of academic responsibility and academic freedom by administrators requires clearly understood conditions of employment, parameters for the operation of the office, career considerations, and personal responsibilities. Conditions of Employment Administrators have the responsibility to carry out the duties of the office in such a way as to ensure that race, sex, creed, age, or national origin do not enter into the formulation and execution of the policies of the institution.