Responsible Conduct of Research: From Norms to Practice

This course is an essential resource for the research community in Canada and internationally. Designed to promote Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR), also known as scientific integrity, it represents an initiative to strengthen ethical and professional standards within the scientific community. This educational program is broken down into 8 modules, each offering content essential to a thorough understanding of the fundamental values and ethical principles underpinning the responsible conduct of research. At the end of this training, participants will be equipped not only with an enhanced knowledge of the norms and values of the responsible conduct of research, but also with practical tools for anticipating, identifying and resolving the ethical dilemmas inherent in scientific research.

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Funding

This course has been funded by The Secretariat on Responsible Conduct of Research (SRCR), with the support of Université de Montréal and HEC Montréal.

Design and development

This course is the result of a project led by the Université de Montréal School of Public Health (represented by Bryn Williams-Jones and Sihem Neila Abtroum, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, with support from Emmanuelle Marceau and Vardit Ravitsky) and HEC Montréal (represented by Joé Martineau, Department of Management and Audrey-Anne Cyr, Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, with support from Jacques Robert, Director of Innovation and Pedagogical Development and the Learning and Pedagogical Innovation Department) in collaboration with Université de Laval (represented by Lyne Letourneau, Department of Animal Sciences).

• Module 0 - Welcome to the course!
• Module 1 - INTRODUCTION TO THE RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH
• Module 2 - REGULATING THE RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH
• Module 3 - RESEARCH CONTEXTS AND ISSUES OF RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH
• Module 4 - RESEARCH ETHICS
• Module 5 - RESEARCH DATA: GOOD MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE
• Module 7 - ISSUES INVOLVED IN DISSEMINATING RESEARCH RESULTS
• Module 8 - SOCIETAL IMPACTS OF RESEARCH AND THE RESEARCHER'S RESPONSIBILITY
• Conclusion