Dear colleagues:

I would like to obtain your thoughts on the following scenario.

An investigator has been accused of scientific misconduct. A committee
organized by your institution found there was cause for additional
investigation.

The investigator's research was funded by a non-federal agency.  The
non-federal agency does not have a policy on scientific misconduct.

As part of the award budget for the research funded by the non-federal
agency, there is a cost sharing component to be funded by a federal agency.

Would you recommend following the federal agency's guidelines for scientific
misconduct cases or would you recommend following only the institution's
policy?

Any light you can shed on this question would be illuminating.  Thanks!

Rochelle R. Athey
Associate Director
Research Services & Sponsored Programs
330-972-8311
330-972-6281 fax

======================================================================
 Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including
 subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available
 via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists")
======================================================================