Scholarly Misconduct definition

Scholarly Misconduct has the same meaning as given in University Policy Number 85: Scholarly Integrity;
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Scholarly Misconduct means conduct that breaches the scholarly standards and practices that are generally accepted within the relevant scholarly field. This may include a failure to meet any of the expectations set out in section 2.1 of this Policy, and also includes the following:
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Scholarly Misconduct means Fabrication, Falsification, Plagiarism, or any other practice that seriously deviates from practices commonly accepted in the discipline or in the academic and research communities. Scholarly Misconduct may take many forms, including, but not limited to, Improprieties of Authorship; Abuse of Confidentiality/Misappropriation of Ideas; Deliberate Misrepresentation of Qualifications; Deliberate Material Failure to Comply with Federal, State, or University Requirements Affecting Research; and Violation of Generally Accepted Research Practices. Other common terms such as research fraud, scientific misconduct, or research misconduct are subsumed within Scholarly Misconduct for the purposes of this policy. Scholarly Misconduct does not include appropriative practices in the Creative Arts insofar as they accord with accepted standards in the relevant discipline. Scholarly Misconduct does not include unintentional error or differences in the interpretation or judgment of Research data or results that can be reasonably substantiated by the data or
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Examples of Scholarly Misconduct in a sentence

  • Good faith allegation means an allegation made with the honest belief that Scientific or Other Scholarly Misconduct may have occurred.

  • Respondent means the person against whom an allegation of Scientific or Other Scholarly Misconduct is directed or the person whose actions are the subject of the inquiry or investigation.

  • Complainant means a person who makes an allegation of Scientific or Other Scholarly Misconduct.

  • The purpose of the Scholarly Misconduct policy is to provide guidelines for investigating and adjudicating claims of plagiarism and other scholarly misconduct.

  • Inquiry means gathering information and initial fact-finding to determine whether an allegation or apparent instance of Scientific or Other Scholarly Misconduct warrants an investigation.

  • Allegation means any written or oral statement or other indication of possible Scientific or Other Scholarly Misconduct made to an institutional official.

  • Research and Scholarly Misconduct Policies and Procedures apply to all research activities, whether they are unfunded, funded by the university, or have extramural funding from state, federal or private agencies.

  • If the decision is to proceed, the Vice Chancellor for Research and Engagement shall bring the matter before the University Research and Scholarly Misconduct Board.

  • Alleged breaches of scholarly integrity are investigated promptly and fully by the University and may lead to University administrative proceedings and disciplinary action through Scholarly Misconduct Proceedings.

  • The notification will include the name of the UBC Person alleged to have committed the Scholarly Misconduct and the nature of the allegation.


More Definitions of Scholarly Misconduct

Scholarly Misconduct means conduct that deviates significantly from that which is acceptable within the relevant scholarly community and includes without limitation:
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Scholarly Misconduct means any conscious act of fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, or other behaviour that seriously deviates from commonly accepted practice in institutes of higher learning and scholarly communities in the proposing, conducting and reporting of research activities. This definition does not include differences of opinion or honest differences in the interpretation of research results.
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Scholarly Misconduct means conduct set out in Schedule “A” of this Policy.
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Scholarly Misconduct means conduct that deviates from that which is acceptable within the relevant scholarly community, and includes, but is not limited to:
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Scholarly Misconduct means Fabrication, Falsification, Plagiarism, or any other practice that seriously deviates from practices commonly accepted in the discipline or in the academic and research communities. Scholarly Misconduct may take many forms, including, but not limited to, Improprieties of Authorship; Abuse of Confidentiality/Misappropriation of Ideas; Deliberate Misrepresentation of Qualifications; Deliberate Material Failure to Comply with Federal, State, or University Requirements Affecting Research; and Violation of Generally Accepted Research Practices. Other common terms such as research fraud, scientific misconduct, or research misconduct are subsumed within Scholarly Misconduct for the purposes of this policy.
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Scholarly Misconduct means intentional, knowing, reckless, or irresponsible fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reviewing research or scholarship, or in reporting research results. Fabrication is making up data or results and recording or reporting them. Falsification is manipulating research materials, equipment, or processes, or changing or omitting data or results such that the research is not accurately represented in the research record. Plagiarism is the appropriation of another person’s ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit. Scholarly misconduct does not include honest error or differences of opinion.
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Related to Scholarly Misconduct

  • Willful Misconduct means intentional disregard of good and prudent standards of performance or proper conduct under the Contract with knowledge that it is likely to result in any injury to any person or persons or loss or damage of property.

  • Serious Misconduct means any misconduct identified as a ground for termination in the Motorola Code of Business Conduct, or the human resources policies, or other written policies or procedures.

  • Misconduct means the commission of any act of fraud, embezzlement or dishonesty by the Optionee or Participant, any unauthorized use or disclosure by such person of confidential information or trade secrets of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), or any other intentional misconduct by such person adversely affecting the business or affairs of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in a material manner. The foregoing definition shall not in any way preclude or restrict the right of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) to discharge or dismiss any Optionee, Participant or other person in the Service of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) for any other acts or omissions, but such other acts or omissions shall not be deemed, for purposes of the Plan, to constitute grounds for termination for Misconduct.

  • Gross Negligence means any act or failure to act (whether sole, joint or concurrent) by a person or entity which was intended to cause, or which was in reckless disregard of or wanton indifference to, avoidable and harmful consequences such person or entity knew, or should have known, would result from such act or failure to act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Gross negligence shall not include any action taken in good faith for the safeguard of life or property.

  • Protected Activity means filing a charge, complaint, or report with, or otherwise communicating, cooperating, or participating in any investigation or proceeding that may be conducted by, any federal, state or local government agency or commission, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the National Labor Relations Board (the “Government Agencies”). The Employee understands that in connection with such Protected Activity, the Employee is permitted to disclose documents or other information as permitted by law, and without giving notice to, or receiving authorization from, the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Employee agrees to take all reasonable precautions to prevent any unauthorized use or disclosure of any information that may constitute Company confidential information to any parties other than the Government Agencies. The Employee further understands that “Protected Activity” does not include the disclosure of any Company attorney-client privileged communications. Any language in any other agreement between the Company and the Employee regarding the Employee’s right to engage in Protected Activity that conflicts with, or is contrary to, this paragraph is superseded by this Agreement. In addition, pursuant to the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, the Employee is notified that an individual will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that (i) is made in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official (directly or indirectly) or to an attorney solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law, or (ii) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if (and only if) such filing is made under seal. In addition, an individual who files a lawsuit for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of law may disclose the trade secret to the individual’s attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if the individual files any document containing the trade secret under seal and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order.