Contents

• Introduction to the responsible conduct of research
• Advising and mentoring
• The treatment of data
• Mistakes and negligence
• Research misconduct
• Responding to suspected violations of professional standards
• Human participants and animal subjects in research
• Laboratory safety in research
• Sharing of research results
• Authorship and the allocation of credit
• Intellectual property
• Competing interests, commitments, and values
• The researcher in society