JST Research Ethics Instructional Videos

These instructional videos are made with the aim of enhancing the ethical consciousness required by researchers in their daily research activities.

　The instructional videos are interactive materials that allow researchers to learn while discussing tangible hypothetical situations, so that they can think about responsible actions if they encounter an ethical issue in their own research activities. They are most effectively used in workshops that combine watching the videos with discussion and group work. They can also be used in a variety of other situations, including lectures at universities and training at research institutions.
　As more people start teaching themselves research ethics by acquiring knowledge through methods such as e-learning and textbooks, using these instructional videos in combination is expected to make their education more effective.

"Gaps in Ethics" - The Science and Engineering Research Center Edition

The instructional videos consist of two dramas, with an associate professor and a doctoral student as the main characters, set in the Science and Engineering Research Center of a Japanese university. The dramas portray the perspectives of an associate professor and a student, and can be viewed from the standpoint of someone giving or receiving instructions in the same situation.
They deal with one type of misconduct, fabrication or falsification.
Run time: About 1 hour combined (Associate Professor Edition: About 33 minutes, Student and Young Researcher Edition: 33 minutes)

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"Gaps in Ethics 2" - Plagiarism Edition

This instructional video focuses on one type of research misconduct, plagiarism. It consists of two dramas that are set in a humanities and social science research center and a natural science research center respectively and portray events that lead to plagiarism.
Humanities and Social Sciences Version tells the story of a university student who has made many choices involving ethical issues since her undergraduate years, and her actions eventually lead to her being suspected of plagiarism.
Natural Sciences Version tells the story of a research center where there is suspicion of plagiarism regarding a collaborative research paper. Through the university's misconduct investigation committee, the characters recall the various times they were exposed to ethical issues, caused by differences in how they viewed research ethics.
Run time: (Humanities and Social Sciences Version: About 26 minutes), (Natural Sciences Version: About 33 minutes)

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