So in March 2009, when Mr. Obama overturned Bush administration limits on stem cell research, he set out several principles to "guarantee scientific integrity throughout the executive branch" and added, "We make scientific decisions based on facts, not ideology".
But the service's spokesman, Chris Tollefson, noted that when previous reports about Ms. MacDonald came out, the agency had made "clear that scientific integrity was very important to the agency and that where there is evidence that improper conduct interfered with a decision, we were committed to going back and revisiting it".
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The proposal "makes scientific sense," Collins said.
PIPSC, which represents approximately 15,000 scientists and engineers, says the scientific integrity clause will make it easier for government scientists to discuss their work with the public, protect their work from political interference and censorship, and allow them to attend conferences and collaborate with other non-government scientists.
As further indication of our commitment to maintaining a high degree of scientific integrity, EHP has made the decision to designate a staff member to serve as Ethics Coordinator.
These problems have prevented us gaining timely RM&G approvals and permissions, which threaten the scientific integrity of the study, making it difficult to reach meaningful and robust conclusions.
ICARUS's findings now make that much less likely.Sergio Bertolucci, CERN's research director, stresses that throughout the superluminal saga OPERA's researchers have behaved with "perfect scientific integrity".
The authors point out that making better decisions depends in large part on the scientific integrity of the assays used in ToxCast (and other high-throughput in vitro initiatives) and the scientifically sound interpretation of the data those assays produce.
Minor transgressions, largely undetected and easily rationalized, can build up like plaque, compromising scientific integrity over time.
