Syllabus
RESEARCH ETHICS
Course Description
This course provides Ph.D. students with information regarding how to do their research in accordance with national and European standards of research integrity.
Contact information
Instructor: Dr. Oleksandr Kulyk
Office: Gagarin ave, 72, 813
Email: prof.kulyk@gmail.com
Course Webpages: https://sites.google.com/site/kuliktexts/en/ret
Required texts
The European Charter for Researchers. (2005). Retrieved from URL: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/am509774cee_en_e4.pdf
The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity. (2017). Berlin: ALLEA – All European Academies. Retrieved from URL:
Singapore Statement on Research Integrity. (2010). Retrieved from URL: https://wcrif.org/statement
Student Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
• fit standards of research integrity in own scientific activity;
• be aware of conceptual content of European researchers' ethos;
• to understand the regulations that exist to manage main ethical issues that arise in their area of research.
Evaluation
Grades will be based on a 100-point scale distributed as follows:
Requirement
Participation (40%) – 40 points
Project (20%) – 20 points
Exam – (40%) – 40 points
Final grade
А 90–100 points
В 82–89 points
С 75–81 points
D 64–74 points
Е 60–63 points
F 0–59 points
Course Requirements
Participation
To participate is to come to class and regularly contribute to discussions throughout the semester. This includes discussions in class and with the instructor during office hours.
Project
Each student must write a paper in which he or she analyzes their own PhD research for compliance with the four fundamental principles of research integrity from the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity: reliability, honesty, respect, and responsibility.
Exam
There will be a final exam in which students will respond to two questions about the material covered. The first question will be a theoretical one. To answer the second question a student must write his or her ideas how to solve one of possible problems in the area of research integrity.
Tentative Timeline
September
Lecture:
Values of Science
Case Study:
Specifics of Ethical Judgments: a Case of the Use of Stolen Data
Seminar:
Analysis of Statistical Data on Violations of Research Integrity
October
Case Study:
A Conflict of Interests in Research Activity
Lecture:
National Legislation on Ethical Aspects of Research Activity
Seminar:
The European Charter for Researchers
November
Seminar:
The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity
Seminar:
Singapore Statement on Research Integrity
Case Study:
Social Consequences of the Research Results
December
Lecture:
Publication of Research Results and Ethics
Lecture:
Fabrication and Falsification as Violations of the Ethical Norms of a Researcher
Seminar
National Anti-Plagiarism Regulations
January
Lecture:
Multiple Dimensions of a Researcher’s Social Responsibility
Consultation
Exam