Tilburg University is committed to protecting and guaranteeing scientific integrity and aims to:
- Prevent misconduct and non-compliance.
- Ensure a transparent process for reviewing cases where scientific integrity may have been compromised.
- Increase awareness and create a culture of openness and transparency.
In its strategy Tilburg University highlights scientific integrity as an important theme, emphasizing the importance of reliability, verifiability, impartiality, independence, and responsibility as guiding principles for good research. Tilburg University endorses the Netherlands Code of Conduct for Research Integrity (2018). This code of conduct defines five principles of research integrity and 61 standards for good research practice. Besides the responsibilities for researchers, the code of conduct also defines five institutions' duties of care and describes sanctions and measures in case of non-compliance with the standards.
The following text is part of the Netherlands Code of Conduct for Research Integrity.
