A randomized trial of a lab-embedded discourse intervention to improve research ethics

Plemmons, Dena; Baranski, Erica; Harp, Kyle; Lo, David; Soderberg, Courtney K.; Errington, Tim; Nosek, Brian A.; Esterling, Kevin M.

doi:10.1073/pnas.1917848117

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“…The research environment influences ethical behavior in a number of ways. For example, if a research group explicitly discusses high standards for research, people will be more likely to prioritize these ideals in their behavior (Plemmons et al., 2020). A mentor who sets a good example is another important factor (Anderson et al., 2007).…”

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How to Conduct Responsible Research: A Guide for Graduate Students

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Researchers must conduct research responsibly for it to have an impact and to safeguard trust in science. Essential responsibilities of researchers include using rigorous, reproducible research methods, reporting findings in a trustworthy manner, and giving the researchers who contributed appropriate authorship credit. This "how-to" guide covers strategies and practices for doing reproducible research and being a responsible author. The article also covers how to utilize decision-making strategies when uncertain about the best way to proceed in a challenging situation. The advice focuses especially on graduate students, but is appropriate for undergraduates and experienced researchers. It begins with an overview of responsible conduct of research, research misconduct, and ethical behavior in the scientific workplace. The takeaway message is that responsible conduct of research requires a thoughtful approach to doing research in order to ensure trustworthy results and conclusions, and that researchers receive fair credit.

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How to Conduct Responsible Research: A Guide for Graduate Students

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“…These bias-creating factors should be attributed not to the problems in research design, some methodologic weakness, but rather associated to ethics of the researcher. In general, research ethics is improving as novel instruments for assuring it is being implemented [124,125], so this research problem is of diminishing importance.…”

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Assessment of Factors Causing Bias in Marketing- Related Publications

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The present paper aims at revealing and ranking the factors that most frequently cause bias in marketing-related publications. In order to rank the factors causing bias, the authors employed the Analytic Hierarchy Process method with three different scales representing all scale groups. The data for the study were obtained through expert survey, which involved nine experts both from the academia and scientific publishing community. The findings of the study confirm that factors that most frequently cause bias in marketing related publications are sampling and sample frame errors, failure to specify the inclusion and exclusion criteria for researched subjects and non-responsiveness.

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“…In this setting, it is the PI who serves not only to set the cultural norms with regard to ethical scientific practice but, along with other senior laboratory staff members, also serves as a professional role model for trainees. PIs, thus, lead by example, modeling both “good” and “bad” behaviors that a trainee may internalize and integrate as the normative behaviors of a seasoned scientist (Fryer-Edwards, 2002; Institute of Medicine & National Research Council, 2002; Peiffer, Laurienti, & Hugenschmidt, 2008; Plemmons et al, 2020; Satalkar & Shaw, 2019).…”

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Ethical foundations for graduate students in the psychological sciences.

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Translational Issues in Psychological Science

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Preparation to address ethical challenges is an essential component of graduate training, and no less so for the psychological sciences. However, in the absence of uniform guidelines, approaches to training vary in form and quality. Classroom lectures and online training seem to be the mechanisms of choice, but these fall short. First, such approaches conflict with the scholarship on teaching and learning that makes it clear that having a meaningful impact depends on having students actively engaged in constructing their own learning. Second, research is consistent with the intuition that the impact of courses is likely to be far less than that of what happens in a graduate student's research environment. The conclusion is that promoting an ethical culture, and for the training of graduate students in particular, will be well served by enhancing the role of mentors. Examples of options to consider are as follows: (a) recognizing that a primary advisor can be a mentor but should certainly not be considered the only mentor, (b) emphasizing the importance of mentoring for individuals from underrepresented groups (e.g., because of gender or ethnicity), (c) strengthening the American Psychological Association (APA) code of ethics to more fully articulate the full range and importance of mentoring, (d) developing and implementing mechanisms to evaluate and reward effective mentoring, and (e) providing targeted training for faculty advisors to empower them with tools and resources to be effective mentors for ethics generally and the responsible conduct of research specifically. What is the significance of this article for the general public?Research in the psychological sciences has a profound impact on every aspect of our lives. The quality of that research depends on robust training and mentoring for the next generation of scientists. This article recommends several strategies institutions can implement to strengthen mentoring in the responsible conduct of research.

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A randomized trial of a lab-embedded discourse intervention to improve research ethics

Cited by 16 publications

References 35 publications

How to Conduct Responsible Research: A Guide for Graduate Students

How to Conduct Responsible Research: A Guide for Graduate Students

Assessment of Factors Causing Bias in Marketing- Related Publications

Ethical foundations for graduate students in the psychological sciences.

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