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• Issue title, Conflict of Interest. Issue description, A situation in which a person or a family member has a financial interest or non financial interest that may compromise, or provide the incentive to compromise, the behavior in the conduct of the person's duties at the institution, the person's influence on decisions that the institution may make, or the person's influence over his or her associates outside the institution. A conflict of interest may be real, potential or apparent. Click, or press enter to select this issue.
• Issue title, Data Privacy. Issue description, Refers to the technical, contractual, administrative and physical steps taken by the institution to protect against unauthorized access to and disclosure of personally identifiable data of students, faculty and other third parties that we possess. Includes the theft of, and intentional or inadvertent loss of such data. Click, or press enter to select this issue.
• Issue title, Environmental and Safety Matters. Issue description, Failure to meet the requirements of any applicable law, rule or regulation relating to the environment, working conditions or workplace safety, including, without limitation, regulations promulgated by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and similar agencies in other jurisdictions. Includes a failure to inform supervisors of the failure to meet the requirements. Click, or press enter to select this issue.
• Issue title, Fraud. Issue description, The intentional misrepresentation or concealment of information in order to deceive, mislead, or acquire something of value. A fraud is an intentional deception perpetrated to secure an unfair gain. Click, or press enter to select this issue.
• Issue title, Human or Animal Research. Issue description, Inappropriate use of humans or animals involved in research. Click, or press enter to select this issue.
• Issue title, Intellectual Property Infringement, Misappropriation or Disclosure. Issue description, Any unauthorized or inappropriate use, misappropriation or disclosure of confidential information (in any form) or intellectual property belonging to the institution or any institution's customer, supplier or business partner, including, without limitation, any intellectual property protected under any U.S. or other laws relating to copyrights, patents or trade secrets. Also includes any unauthorized or inappropriate use of any institution computer system. Click, or press enter to select this issue.
• Issue title, Research Grant Misconduct or Misappropriation of Costs. Issue description, Unallowable or questionable expenditures or cost transfers to government grants, contracts or other agreements. Any expenditures or cost transfers that may be in violation of OMB Circular A-21. Click, or press enter to select this issue.
• Issue title, Scientific Misconduct. Issue description, Fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, or other practices that seriously deviate from those that are commonly accepted within the scientific community for proposing, conducting, or reporting research. Fabrication is making up data or results and recording or reprinting them. Falsification is manipulating research materials, equipment or processes, or changing or omitting data or results, such that the research is not accurately reported in the research record. Plagiarism is the appropriation of another person's ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit. Click, or press enter to select this issue.
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