International Grad Students Guide to Teaching and Learning in the USA: Ethics

The Office of Research Integright (ORI)

carries out its responsibility by:

• developing policies, procedures and regulations related to the detection, investigation, and prevention of research misconduct and the responsible conduct of research;  
• reviewing and monitoring research misconduct investigations conducted by applicant and awardee institutions, intramural research programs, and the Office of Inspector General in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS);
• recommending research misconduct findings and administrative actions to the Assistant Secretary for Health for decision, subject to appeal;
• assisting the Office of the General Counsel (OGC) to present cases before the HHS Departmental Appeals Board;
• providing technical assistance to institutions that respond to allegations of research misconduct;
• implementing activities and programs to teach the responsible conduct of research, promote research integrity, prevent research misconduct, and improve the handling of allegations of research misconduct;
• conducting policy analyses, evaluations and research to build the knowledge base in research misconduct, research integrity, and prevention and to improve HHS research integrity policies and procedures;
• administering programs for: maintaining institutional assurances, responding to allegations of retaliation against whistleblowers, approving intramural and extramural policies and procedures, and responding to Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act requests.