Good scientific practise and research ethics

The University of Vaasa is committed to The Finnish Code of Conduct for Research Integrity and Procedures for Handling Alleged Violations of Research Integrity in Finland (pdf) (the RI guidelines), published by the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK, which is appointed by the Ministry of Education and Culture in Finland. These guidelines have been drafted in cooperation with the Finnish research community.

The objective is to promote the responsible conduct of research (in Finnish hyvä tieteellinen käytäntö) while ensuring that alleged violations are handled with competence, fairness and expediency.

The university is committed to following The ethical principles of the humanities, social sciences and behavioural sciences in all its operations.

The TENK website defines a researcher's professional skills as follows: "A researcher's professionalism can be divided into the management of the knowledge and research methods required by each discipline and professional integrity, which together constitute good scientific practice. The entire scientific community is responsible for following good scientific practices."

The University of Vaasa has also confirmed its own Ethical guidelines, which outline the goals and activities for an ethically sustainable study, research and administrative culture within the scientific community. An open learning area for research ethics is available to all the researchers at the University of Vaasa. Additionally, the Graduate School offers courses on research ethics as part of doctoral training.