Research Integrity and Compliance

Kean University is committed to the highest standards of integrity and responsibility in all research activities. The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) promotes education and training in the responsible conduct of research and scholarship. ORSP ensures that all research activities, sponsored or unsponsored, involving either humans or animals, meet ethical standards and follow specific federal, state, and university regulations and procedures.

As a way to educate the Kean community, we have made available a collection of resources which address this topic area. Among these resources you’ll find more information about the Responsible Conduct of Research online training sponsored by the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative, the IRB online training course sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, and the IACUC online training course sponsored by the Laboratory Animal Training Association.

Responsible Conduct of Research

• Responsible Conduct of Research online training sponsored by The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)
• Introduction to the Responsible Conduct of Research from the Office of Research Integrity
• Procedures for Responding to Allegations of Research Misconduct
• Guidelines for Whistleblowers and institutions from the Office of Research Integrity
• Historical Archive of Research Integrity Cases from the Office of Research Integrity
• Definition of Plagiarism from the Office of Research Integrity
• A Primer on How to Avoid Plagiarism from the Office of Research Integrity
• How to Prevent Scientific Misconduct- From the Association for Psychological Science

Human Participant Protections

• IRB online training course sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• Office of Human Research Protections (A division of the Department of Health and Human Services)
• The Belmont Report: Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Participants of Research
• International Compilation of Human Research Protections

IACUC

• IACUC online training course sponsored by the Laboratory Animal Training Association (LATA)