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Research Ethics

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Research Ethics

Research Ethics

A researcher must uphold the “Ethics to follow in conducting Desirable Research” ensuring Integrity throughout all stages of research conduct and manuscript preparation to prevent Research Misconduct or Improper Actions.
Committee on Research Integrity

The Committee on Research Integrity aims to prevent research misconduct by verifying and addressing reported cases to ensure the authenticity of research.

Reporting Research Misconduct

Research misconduct can be reported via documents (written statements), phone calls, or emails. If you wish to report anonymously, please send your statement or email to the following address. When submitting a report, please provide detailed information about the suspected misconduct.

Report Contact
R&D Strategy Team, Taeeun Kim
Tel
054-279-3665
E-mail
k0703@postech.ac.kr
Procedure for Verifying Research Misconduct
  • Reporting
    Process

  • Preliminary
    Investigation

  • Decision on Main
    Investigation

  • Case where investigation is unnecessary

  • Notification to the
    informant(Within 30 days)

  • Main Investigation(Formation of a committee with 5 or more members)

  • Hearing Opinions

  • Final Judgement(Sanctions and Measures)

Biosafety

Biosafety refers to comprehensive activities to prevent infection in humans. There are physical devices, related rules, and security practices to prevent risks that may occur to the human body due to biological experiments or to prevent accidents that may occur when dealing with pathogenic organisms.
Institutional Biosafety Committee(IBC)

Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) deliberates on biological risks and biosafety issues in research on the use of genetically modified organisms (LMOs) and human transmitted microorganisms, and strives to ensure biosafety within the research institute.

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Animal experimental ethics

With the recent development of the science industry and the increase in the use of experimental animals, there is also an increasing movement to suppress reckless animal testing and increase the welfare (protection) of experimental animals. Our university established  the Animal Experiment Ethics Committee to ethically treat experimental animals. The committee deliberates and approves the ethical  and scientific validity of animal testing, and checks and evaluates animal testing facilities and contents related to the management and  use of experimental animals.
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee(IACUC)

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee deliberates, guides, and supervises compliance with animal experiment ethics by deliberating on experimental animal use research conducted on campus in advance.

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Last Updated Date: February 14, 2025