title: Code of ethics for dental researchers.
abstract: The International Association for Dental Research, in 2009, adopted a code of ethics. The code applies to members of the association and is enforceable by sanction, with the stated requirement that members are expected to inform the association in cases where they believe misconduct has occurred. The IADR code goes beyond the Belmont and Helsinki statements by virtue of covering animal research. It also addresses issues of sponsorship of research and conflicts of interest, international collaborative research, duty of researchers to be informed about applicable norms, standards of publication (including plagiarism), and the obligation of "whistleblowing" for the sake of maintaining the integrity of the dental research enterprise as a whole. The code is organized, like the ADA code, into two sections. The IADR principles are stated, but not defined, and number 12, instead of the ADA's five. The second section consists of "best practices," which are specific statements of expected or interdicted activities. The short list of definitions is useful.
mesh_terms: D032761:Animal Experimentation / Q000941:ethics; D000818:Animals; D016265:Conflict of Interest; D018865:Dental Research / Q000941:ethics*; D032984:Ethics, Research; D006805:Human Experimentation / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000941:ethics; D015714:Plagiarism; D011643:Publishing / Q000941:ethics; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000941:ethics; D015871:Scientific Misconduct / Q000941:ethics; D035642:Whistleblowing / Q000941:ethics