Research Misconduct

CSUF has established Policies and Procedures for handling allegations of Research Misconduct in compliance with current federal and state regulations regarding scientific research misconduct.

1. Fabrication is making up data or results and recording or reporting them. 
2. Falsification is manipulating research materials, equipment, or processes, or changing or omitting data or results such that the research is not accurately represented in the research record.
3. Plagiarism is the appropriation of another person's ideas, processes, results or words without giving appropriate credit.

Research Misconduct does not include honest error(s) or differences of opinion. Substantiated research misconduct may result in, among other things, removal from a project, reimbursement of funds, withdrawal of manuscripts or articles pending or published, and/or disciplinary action.

University Policy Statements (UPS)
Policy to Investigate Instances of Possible Research Misconduct (UPS 630.000)

Resources
-  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Office of Research Integrity (ORI)
-  ORI Policy on Plagiarism
-  ORI Interactive Movie:  "The Lab: Avoiding Research Misconduct"