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Webconference Inserm
The theme of the 8th annual day of the Inserm ethics committee will be "Research ethics in the context of crises". Read more
COMETS Opinion : « Scientific communication during a health crisis : profusion, value and abuse »
COMETS publishes a new Opinion " Scientific communication during a health crisis : profusion, value and abuse " (n°2021-42), approved at the COMETS plenary session of 25 june 2021. Access to Opinion SUMMARY – In this Opinion, COMETS addresses the...
COMETS press statement on the complaint filed by Professors Didier Raoult and Éric Chabrière against Elisabeth Bik and Boris Barbour
COMETS press statement on the complaint filed by Professors Didier Raoult and Éric Chabrière against Elisabeth Bik and Boris Barbour 07/06/2021 On the initiative of Professor Didier Raoult and his colleague, Professor Éric Chabrière, legal proceedings have been opened...
New : “A qualification guide for health research” (INSERM may 2021)
New "A qualification guide for health research" edited by INSERM (may 2021) See document
COMETS opinion : « Science, risk and precautionary principle »
COMETS publishes a new Opinion "Science, Risk and the Precautionary Principle" (No. 2021-41), approved on 10 March 2021. Access to opinion SUMMARY – Science has greatly improved the condition of humanity. It has contributed to the rise in global well-being. It has...
Training : “Research integrity in scientific professions”
MOOC on FUN : "Research integrity in scientific professions" 01/09/2020. This session 3 will be continuously open from 1st September 2020 to 31 August 2021. Acces to training
Ethical chronicle
Monthly ethical chronicle by Jean-Gabriel Ganascia, President of COMETS, in the magazine La Recherche.
Communication from the CNRS Ethics Committee (COMETS) concerning the texts of the planned Multiannual Research Programming Law, made public in June 2020.
Communication from the CNRS Ethics Committee (COMETS) concerning the texts of the planned Multiannual Research Programming Law, made public in June 2020. 01/07/2020. On February the 24th 2020, COMETS published a contribution to the preliminary discussions on the...
Research Ethics in a Health Crisis
Are ethics and scientific integrity a luxury that could be dispensed with in a situation as critical as the one we find ourselves in today? Elements of answers in this analysis by Jean-Gabriel Ganascia, President of Comets, CNRS Ethics Committee. Read...
Research in times of health crisis: ethical debates and respect of scientific integrity
Research in times of health crisis: ethical debates and respect of scientific integrity In a common message, the Ethics Committee of the CNRS and the Mission for Scientific Integrity of the CNRS reiterate the inherent principles of scientific and biomedical research...
The Global AI Ethics Consortium (GAIEC) on Ethics and the Use of Data and Artificial Intelligence in the Fight Against COVID-19 and other Pandemics is officially launched
The Global AI Ethics Consortium (GAIEC) on Ethics and the Use of Data and Artificial Intelligence in the Fight Against COVID-19 and other Pandemics is officially launched Munich, 15 April 2020 “The time for analysing how AI is deployed -whom it affects, how it affects...
ENRIO Statement: Research integrity even more important for research during a pandemic
Research integrity remains crucial in the COVID-19 crisis, given the need for robust, evidence-based conclusions, according to the European Network of Research Integrity Offices (ENRIO). Read the statement.
25 years of COMETS
CNRS Ethics Committee (COMETS) has just completed its twenty-fifth anniversary. On the occasion of the celebration of this anniversary, COMETS would like to open a phase of exchange with the members of the other ethics committees of research organisations and, more...
Publications in the open science data era”
COMETS publishes a new Opinion "Publications in the open science data era" (n°2019-40), initially approved at the COMETS plenary session of 8 November 2019, then definitively approved on 14 January 2020. Access to Opinion SUMMARY – The opening up of...
Opinion : “Interests and conflicts of interest in public research”
COMETS publishes a new Opinion «Interests and conflicts of interest in public research» (n°2019-39), approved at the COMETS plenary session of 08 April 2019. Access to Opinion SUMMARY – The current social context is such that conflicts of interest that may...
Research : a global right”
COMETS publishes a new Opinion "Research : a global right" (n°2018-38), approved at the COMETS plenary session of 18 October 2018. Access to Opinion FORMAL INTERNAL REQUEST – Scientific research is necessary to address the challenges underlying the...
What new responsibilities do researchers have at this time of debate over post-truth ?”
COMETS publishes a new Opinion "What new responsibilities do researchers have at this time of debate over post-truth ?" (n°2018-37), approved at the COMETS session of 12 April 2018 Access to Opinion FORMAL INTERNAL REQUEST – Post-truth, alternative truth and fake news...
Sexual harassment in the laboratory: some ethical considerations.
COMETS publishes a new Opinion "Sexual harassment in the laboratory: some ethical considerations" (n°2018-36), approved at the COMETS plenary session of 5 March 2018 Access to Opinion FORMAL INTERNAL REQUEST – The growing freedom of speech about cases of sexual...
Opinion : “Freedoms and responsibilities in academic research”
COMETS publishes a new Opinion "Freedoms and responsibilities in academic research" (n°2018-35), approved at the COMETS plenary session of 1 February 2018 Access to Opinion SUMMARY – At the time of UNESCO’s revision in 2016 of a recommendation first published in 1974...
Opinion : “Ethical reflection on plagiarism in scientific research”
COMETS publishes a new Opinion "Ethical reflection on plagiarism in scientific research" (n°2018-34), approved at the COMETS plenary session of 27 June 2017 Access to Opinion SUMMARY – This COMETS Opinion offers an analysis of the different forms that plagiarism can...
Opinion : “How CNRS can respond to scientific integrity violations”
COMETS publie un nouvel Avis "How CNRS can respond to scientific integrity violations" (n°2016-33), approved in June 2016 Access to Opinion SUMMARY – This position paper focuses on how CNRS can implement the principles set out in the National Code of Ethics for...