Common use of Research and Financial Misconduct Clause in Contracts

Research and Financial Misconduct. Recipient shall have its own policies and procedures for the avoidance and reporting of research and financial misconduct, including with respect to data privacy, and is expected to enforce those guidelines (when applicable) to any PCORI-funded project. Recipient acknowledges it has such established policies and procedures and agrees to abide by them while conducting research or other activities relating to this Agreement. Recipient is required to report any findings of research or financial misconduct to PCORI within thirty (30) days of the conclusion of an investigation into research or financial misconduct related to any PCORI-funded project. Should research or financial misconduct occur with respect to any PCORI-funded project, Recipient must notify PCORI, in writing, of the nature of the violation, the corrective actions that will be taken to correct the violation, and a timeline within which those corrective actions will be executed. Pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement, PCORI reserves the right to take any corrective action or to terminate the Agreement.