Share your thoughts on the Netherlands Code of Conduct for Scientific Integrity
The current version of the "Netherlands Code of Conduct for Scientific Integrity" dates from 2018. Every few years, a committee reviews whether the code still meets current requirements, such as developments in AI or external collaboration. The outcome of the recent evaluation was that the Code of Conduct is greatly appreciated, but that it could be updated and strengthened. The committee is therefore now calling on users to provide feedback on the new draft version of the code.
The “Netherlands Code of Conduct for Scientific Integrity” serves as an important guideline for Dutch universities, universities of applied sciences and academic hospitals. This year, a committee has been working on this update on behalf of the six authors of the code: KNAW, NFU, NWO, TO2 federation, UNL and Association of Universities of Applied Sciences. The committee has now completed a first draft and would like to hear from users of the code themselves whether it is indeed an improvement on the 2018 version. To this end, the committee is organising an online consultation.
You can share your response to this text with the committee via the email address consultatiengwi@knaw.nl. For example, you could consider the following questions:
- Is the text of the draft a readable and usable document?
- Does the draft update do justice to the full breadth of the research field, or are there things missing?
- Are there issues that are important for a healthy research culture that are not sufficiently addressed in the document?
- Are there certain passages that could have an unintended negative effect?
The committee will take the responses it receives into account when further developing the code. Ultimately, the boards of KNAW, NFU, NWO, TO2, UNL and VH will decide on the final version of the new code of conduct. It is expected to come into force at the beginning of next year.
You can respond until Monday 20 October via the email address consultatiengwi@knaw.nl.
- See also our page on scientific integrity.