SECTION I: Research Integrity

1. What is Research Integrity?
2. Example: The TalkTogether Approach
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4. Research Misconduct
5. International Collaborations and Ethics Dumping
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Example: The TalkTogether approach

For example, here are the ways that research integrity is upheld by the TalkTogether team at different levels:

Within the research team

• Training for ethics and study protocols are co-developed and conducted by members of the TalkTogether team (including this training course).
• We have regular meetings and milestones meetings within the research team.
• We create extensive written documentation of our study protocols and key decisions made by the research team, with an aim to produce tools and protocols for public use.

Within our organizations and academic institutions

• We apply for ethics approval from each of the institutions involved. Currently, they are The Promise Foundation’s ethics committee and the University of Oxford’s CUREC.
• Changes in the research protocol, if any, should be raised with the same ethics committees listed above.
• The University of Oxford provides guidance on how to report research misconduct through multiple channels.

With funding and governing agencies

• We submit regular reports to our research funders for monitoring and evaluation. We have reported changes to the research programme as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Our funders ESRC & UKRI publish their own frameworks for research integrity and research ethics.
• The UK Research Integrity Office has a step-by-step manual for investigating allegations of research misconduct.

With the wider academic community

• We engage and will continue to engage with academic peers and practitioners through conferences, working groups, roundtable discussions, and peer-reviewed publications.
• We invite external academics, practitioners, and stakeholders to review our protocols and outputs.

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