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Ethics & RCR Training

We are working in collaboration with departments and colleges to design an ethics training program that enables you to examine cross-cutting ethical issues across the academy as well as within your own particular domain, and that will include guidance about compliance standards. Please check back here periodically for further developments.

Beginning with the incoming class in 2011, all Ph.D. candidates in the Graduate School are required to attend a three-hour ethics workshop before the completion of their degree.

January 2012 Ethics Workshop

Held on January 16 at the Hilton Garden Inn, the first Ethics Workshop drew 254 first-year Ph.D. students to a three-hour workshop that outlined many of the ethical issues faced by researchers. Presenters included Melinda Gormley, Assistant Director for Research at the Reilly Center; Amanda McKendree, Assistant Director of the Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning; Gretchen Busl, Associate Program Director of Grants and Fellowships at the Graduate School; and Ann Amico Moran, Assistant Director of the Graduate School Career Program and the Career Center, with an introduction by Greg Sterling, Dean of the Graduate School.

2012 Graduate School Ethics Workshop
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For those students who have not attended a workshop, there are several alternatives that may be pursued to fulfill the requirement:

  • The College of Science annually holds a day-long Science Ethics Workshop. This is typically held at the start of the academic year.
  • Students may attend next year’s Graduate School Workshop, which will again be held at the start of the spring semester.
  • Any ethics workshop or seminar that lasts a minimum of three hours in length will serve to fulfill this requirement.

Students wishing to attend an alternate event (one other than the Graduate School’s annual ethics workshop at the start of the spring semester) must first request an exemption PRIOR TO attending that alternate event from Associate Dean of Students John Lubker.

Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)

If you have questions concerning the misconduct policy or need to report an incident of research misconduct, please consult the statement of Research Integrity or contact Tracey L. Poston, Research Integrity Officer for the University of Notre Dame and Director of Research Compliance (phone: 631-1431).

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