RRP Bibliography

UM Research Responsibility Program

Bibliography Related to RRP Topics

Initially Compiled 1996-97

Please note that where possible the links below are to the actual documents or, as an alternative, the link may be to the source organization where the document may be requested.

General Recommended Readings

Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy. On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research. National Academy Press, Washington, D. C., 1995.
Frankena, William K. Ethics. Second Edition, Prentice Hall Inc., Inglewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1973.
Guidelines for the Conduct of Research at the National Institutes of Health. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1990.
Medical School, University of Michigan. Guidelines for the Responsible Conduct of Research. March, 1989.
Office of the Vice President for Research, University of Michigan. Policy Statement on the Integrity of Scholarship and Procedures for Investigating Allegations of Misconduct in the Pursuit of Scholarship and Research. June, 1994.
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society. Honor in Science. New Haven, Connecticut, 1986.

Introduction to Responsibility in Research

Steneck, Nicholas H. Research Universities and Scientific Misconduct: History, Policies, and the Future. Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 65, No. 3 (May/June 1994), Ohio State University Press.

Data Stewardship, Access, and Authorship

Fields, K.L. and Price, A.R. Problems in Research Integrity Arising from Misconceptions about the Ownership of Research, Academic Medicine, 1993, 68(9), S60-S64.
Guidelines for the Conduct of Research at the National Institutes of Health. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1990. (See pages 6-11 on data management, publication practices, and authorship.)
Institute of Medicine, Division of Health Sciences Policy. The Responsible Conduct of Research in the Health Sciences. National Academy Press, Washington, D. C., 1989.
"The Jessica Banks Case" from Moral Reasoning in Scientific Research: Case Studies for Teaching and Assessment, Sample Case, The Poynter Center, Indiana University, December 1995.
The Mentor (George Williams, Principal Investigator). Case study prepared by Eve K. Nichols and Stephanie J. Bird.
"Criteria for Authorship and Attribution, Case B3" from Teaching the Responsible Conduct of Research Through a Case Study Approach. Association of American Medical Colleges, 1994.

Protections for Human & Animal Subjects of Research

CFR Federal Policy for Protection of Human Subjects (Common Rule, August 19, 1991)
Guidelines for the Conduct of Research Involving Human Subjects at the National Institutes of Health. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Animal Research, Fact vs. Myth. Michigan Society for Medical Research, Ann Arbor, Michigan (pamphlet).
Frequently Asked Questions About Animal Research. Foundation for Biomedical Research, Washington, D. C. (pamphlet).
University of Michigan, Policy Statement on Animal Research, February 1989.
University of Michigan, Policy and Procedures Concerning the Use of Vertebrate Animals as Subjects in Research or Instruction, November, 1990.
Also see:

Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine (ULAM)
Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) for Human Subjects Research

Conflict of Interest

Bird, Stephanie J. Assessing Conflict of Interest: Sources of Bias. Science and Engineering Ethics, Volume 2, Issue 4, 1996, pp. 386-388.
Steiner, Daniel. Competing Interests: The Need to Control Conflict of Interests in Biomedical Research. Science and Engineering Ethics, Volume 2, Issue 4, 1996, pp. 457-468.
Spece, Roy G., Shimm, David S., Buchanan, Allen E., editors. Conflicts of Interest in Clinical Practice and Research. Oxford University Press, New York & Oxford, 1996. (Chapters 2, 4, and 18 recommended in particular.)

Laboratory Safety

UM Occupational Safety and Environmental Health (OSEH):

Planning Safe Research (includes case studies)
Radiation Safety
Biological Safety and Chemical Hygiene Plan