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Research Code of Conduct

Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research

CSU has adopted as the University's Code of Conduct for Research the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research, issued jointly by the National Health and Medical Research Council, the Australian Research Council and Universities Australia. You should review and develop your knowledge of the Code, as this will be a very important guide throughout your research career, regardless of your field of research or discipline area.

The Code specifies (p.1.3) that

"A strong research culture will demonstrate:

• honesty and integrity
• respect for human research participants, animals and the environment
• good stewardship of public resources used to conduct research
• appropriate acknowledgment of the role of others in research
• responsible communication of research results."

In order to implement the Code, CSU has established a number of important committees, policies and guides which set out legislation, regulations and policies that must be followed by all of the University's researchers. These can be found at www.csu.edu.au/research/ethics, and are discussed further in Section 1.3 of this Guide. Importantly, non-compliance with the Code of Conduct and with the regulations, policies and procedures implemented by CSU to operationalise the Code may place you at risk or in a position of being involved in research misconduct. This is a very serious matter and warrants time spent proactively building your knowledge of the Code of Conduct and CSU regulations, policies and procedures.