Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3344 - Cleveland State University › Chapter 3344-28 - General Policies on Research Misconduct › Section 3344-28-01 - Introduction

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								General policy
Cleveland state university endorses the
				principal that its faculty and staff are entitled to full freedom in research
				and to full freedom in the publication of the results of those research
				endeavors. Corresponding with this principle of full freedom in research is the
				obligation to maintain the highest standards of professional ethics. Membership
				in the academic community imposes on faculty, staff, and students the
				commitment to foster and to defend intellectual honesty in research and
				scholarship. The primary responsibility of the faculty is to their subject and
				to seeking and stating the truth. University faculty and staff pledge quality
				and integrity in their research and publications primarily through
				self-regulation, through adherence to individual ethical principles, through
				dependence on accepted disciplinary professional standards, and by reference to
				the traditions and standards of collegiality characteristic of all institutions
				of higher learning. This document articulates university policy on academic
				integrity in research and publication and prescribes procedures for impartial
				fact-finding and fair adjudication of allegations of academic research
				misconduct.
(B)
								Scope
This policy and the associated
				procedures apply to all individuals engaged in academic research at Cleveland
				state university including faculty members, professional staff, scientists,
				trainees, technicians and other staff members, students, fellows, volunteers,
				gust researchers, or collaborators. The policy and the associated procedures
				are derived from the office of research integrity's "model policy for
				responding to allegations of academic research misconduct" and as such are
				particularly appropriate for scientific research supported by, or for which
				support is requested from, the public health service "PHS," the national
				science foundation, NSE,", or any other federal agency. The office of research
				integrity, "ORI," is an independent entity within the U. S. department of
				health and human services reporting directly to the secretary of health and
				human services. "ORI" is responsible for protecting the integrity of "PHS"
				extramural and intramural research programs. "PHS" regulations, at 42 C.F.R.
				50(a) apply to any research, research-training or research-related grant, or
				cooperative agreement with the "PHS."
(C)
								These procedures
			 shall normally be followed when an allegation of possible misconduct in
			 academic research is received by a university official. Particular
			 circumstances in an individual case may dictate variation from normal procedure
			 deemed in the best interests of Cleveland state university and the "PHS" or
			 other federal agency. Such variations from normal procedure should be
			 constructed to ensure fair treatment to the subject of the inquiry or
			 investigation. Any significant variation from normal procedure should be
			 approved in advance by the chief academic officer of Cleveland state
			 university.