Beuy Joob¹, Viroj Wiwanitkit²

1. Sanitation 1 Medical Academic Center, Bangkok Thailand.
2. .Visiting professor, Hainan Medical University, China.

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v18i1.25

Cite as: Joob B, Wiwanitkit V. Responsible conduct of research. Afri Health Sci 2018;18(1): 198. https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v18i1.25

Dear Editor, we read the publication on “responsible conduct of research” with great interest¹. We would like to share ideas and experience from our country on this issue. First, the misconduct is not uncommon and can be seen worldwide. The role of an institute for management of the problem is very important since education seems to be the best way for prevention of the problem². Nevertheless, the misconduct is sometimes performed by the seniors and it is usually hard to manage. In the community with rooted culture of junior-senior system, deep rooted culture becomes the big obstacle for ethical management of the misconduct³. No action and no responsibility to the problem are not uncommon. How to manage this important problem seen in many developing countries is a big challenge. Social network to watch the problem as the surveillance system, sharing information on unwanted misconduct episodes and collaborative sanctioning to the unethical persoms might be a new solution in the present era.

Conflict of interest: None.

References

1. Mwaka ES. Responsible conduct of research: enhancing local opportunities. Afr Health Sci. 2017 Jun;17(2):584590.
2. Wiwanitkit V. Letter on the article Plagiarism in medical schools, and its prevention. Presse Med. 2012 Sep;41(9 Pt 1):887-8.
3. Wiwanitkit V. Plagiarism, management, journal retraction and response by author’s institute. Saudi J Anaesth.

Corresponding author:

Beuy Joob,

Sanitation 1 Medical Academic Center,

Bangkok Thailand

Email: beuyjoob@hotmail.com

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