Government and Institutional Policies on Research Integrity: Australasian Prospective

This presentation provides a review of national and intuitional structure and policy on research integrity management in Australia. The Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research (the Code) and Australian Research Integrity Committee have been introduced. Two Australian Universities (Macquarie University and the University of Southern Queensland) have been studied as case studies. Compliance, research misconduct management and education for prevention are the three key elements highlighted for institutional leadership in advancing research integrity. Challenges and issues on research integrity management have been explained at end.