The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of Research Integrity (ORI) on March 5, 2026, published its third tranche of guidance documents to help institutions develop policies and ...

A certificate of confidentiality provides an extra layer of privacy protection for human subjects research participants by prohibiting the forced disclosure (e.g., in cases of compulsory legal demands ...

Purdue’s Policy on Research Misconduct and Procedures for Addressing Allegations of Research Misconduct has been written to be consistent with a number of Federal Regulations that govern how ...

Three fundamental principles guide the ethical conduct of research involving human subjects. These principles come from The Belmont Report, a statement of basic ethical principles and guidelines that ...

In research, the terms "anonymous" and "confidential" are often confused and treated as interchangeable. They have, however, very distinct meanings, and it is important for an investigator to ...