Research Ethics

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Ethics and Compliance

Universities usually have a code of ethics that all members of the community - students, staff, faculty, administrators, and governing board - are expected to embrace. All university codes vary slightly in format and specificity, but they all share a common focus on integrity and honesty.

Rice University's Standards of Ethical Conduct - Policy 100 https://policy.rice.edu/100

Rice University's code has several clauses within relating to Research, and in particular those areas of research where an ethical standard for research integrity must be met.

A full list of Rice policies can be found here and apply to all activity at Rice. Some policies are either exclusively or primarily related to Research ethics and integrity and as such are grouped together in this list (also shown below)

301. Policy for the Submission and Administration of Sponsored Projects

302. Cost Transfers

303. Program Income

304. Effort Reporting

305. Tuition Remission

306. Cost Sharing

307. Issuing and Monitoring Subawards and Subcontracts

308. Research Data Management

311. Salary Support Through Sponsored Projects

313. Laboratory Safety Policy

314. Care and Humane Treatment of Animals Used in Research, Testing, Education and Training

323. Drug Free University

324. Research Integrity

326. Human Research Protection Policy

327. Research Faculty

331. Research, Equipment: Procurement, Management, Transfer and Disposition

333. Intellectual Property Policy

334. Copyright Policy

Rice Compliance Matrix

The matrix identifies responsibility for compliance with appropriate individuals and departments

https://rice.app.box.com/s/iw4id6cibxtmoh0ek1bw8p6yjxp5qglo

Office of Research Integrity (ORI)

ORI provides support to the Rice community, and in particular with faculty to ensure ethical, legal, and professional frameworks are enacted via a variety of pathways and workflows.