If a student is not in a laboratory that practices responsible research, then unethical practices are inadvertently learned.
As we pointed out, if we acknowledge the fundamental open-endedness of research as a practice, responsible research cannot be something one is simply imputed.
While this association stands to benefit and facilitate the development of some of the iGEM projects it also simultaneously creates interesting opportunities to more firmly integrate real-time TA activities in the field of SynBio, thus widening practices of responsible research and innovation.
Since some of the dubious work had been funded by the federal government, the matter has been referred to the Office of Research Integrity, the agency responsible for overseeing research practice.
According to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) for the individual scientist, "integrity embodies above all a commitment to intellectual honesty and personal responsibility for one's actions and to a range of practices that characterize responsible research conduct.
Although the inventory by Kupper et al. 2015 identified plenty of emerging RRI practices of these two categories, examples of the RRI practices in action 'doing' responsible research and innovation to reach RRI outcomes, category three, are rare.
Conversely, it focuses on the idea of responsible research as the cultivation and nurturement of the researcher's formation as a type of engagement with the actual practice of research for what it is – an open-ended enterprise.
Recently, the notion of responsible research and innovation (RRI) has been gaining momentum in policy and practice.
KAUST also believes that good practices in research data management (RDM) are going to be a key part of responsible research moving forward.
Responsible research and innovation demands institutional change.
Measures to improve reproducibility must focus on: improving training in best practices in experimental design, execution, and analysis that will aid in avoiding the persistence of behaviors detrimental to reproducibility while encouraging responsible research conduct.
