Research Integrity
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Section 12
You may have interests in one or more commercial entities, such as a
spin-out company. If you, or people whom you supervise, are involved
in research for such commercial entities you need to be sure that your
institution has properly authorised and sanctioned that research and that the
commercial entity is paying an appropriate amount for it. If, say, a student
is involved in research then it should be appropriate to their education and
not just be being done because of your personal financial interest in that
research. Delegation of your supervisory responsibilities can also give rise to
problems.
Research integrity is clearly an important issue to be taken seriously in all your
contractual and supervisory relationships.
