TENK's statement summaries

Last updated 20.3.2023

On this page you can search summaries of statements issued by the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK concerning allegations of violations of responsible conduct of research (RCR).

Allegations of RCR violations are always investigated within the organisation in which the suspected violation occurred or where the person against whom the allegation is made was working when it occurred. Once the allegation has first been addressed under the organisation’s RCR process, the party dissatisfied with the ruling may request a statement from TENK. TENK restricts its statement to questions of research integrity. Therefore its statements only state whether an RCR investigation has been performed in accordance with the RCR guidelines and whether there has been a violation of responsible conduct of research.

Direct references to involved parties and the organisations where the allegation in question was handled have been removed from the summaries. Summaries can be used for educational purposes under a CC BY license.

You can search the statement summaries by using the following filters. Links open in a new tab.

2015

TENK received a request for a statement from a specialist researcher Y in relation to the RCR investigation mentioned in…

2015

According to a decision by the director of a research institution, senior researcher A was, together with specialist researcher Y, guilty of…

2015

Docent A notified the rector of a university that humanities professor B from the university was guilty of making exaggerated claims on his/her…

2015

A university received an RCR notification in which person A suspected that his/her personal data and unpublished texts had been stolen. The…

2015

Researcher A alleged that research managers Y and B from a certain social science research institution were guilty of disregard for RCR in writing…

2014

TENK received a request for a statement which expressed dissatisfaction with an investigation on an RCR violation conducted by a university. The…

2014

TENK received a request for a statement which expressed dissatisfaction with a preliminary inquiry conducted on an RCR allegation of misconduct at…

2014

Two researchers submitted a request for TENK to issue a statement on whether a research institute acted correctly in handling an allegation of an…

2014

A researcher in medicine sent TENK a request for a statement concerning an RCR violation report he/she made to a university. According to the…

2013

Project researcher Y of research institute A was dissatisfied with two RCR investigations conducted at the institute. In one of them, project…

2013

Special researcher X of research institute A was dissatisfied with the RCR violation investigation conducted at the institute. The investigation…

2013

Postdoctoral researcher X requested the Advisory Board to take a position on whether university A acted accordingly in handling the allegations of…

2013

Doctor X requested TENK to clarify whether docent Y was guilty of disregard of research integrity in the restriction of the subject of his/her…

2013

Postdoctoral researcher X, in the field of natural sciences, was dissatisfied with the RCR procedures implemented at a certain university and…

2012

Teacher A, who works at a university of applied sciences, requested a statement from TENK and put forth the allegation that senior teacher B and…

2012

Disregard for responsible conduct of research in the abovementioned case concerning the field of medicine that was investigated at a university…

2012

Researcher A made a written report to a university on allegations of misconduct on responsible conduct of research in the field of natural…

2012

The party who requested a statement made a written report in 2011 on the allegation of unethical investigation methods in a textbook published by…

2011

One request for a statement asked whether a certain university should have conducted a full investigation in addition to the preliminary inquiry…

2011

The person requesting a statement had made a written notification regarding an alleged GSP violation in a textbook published jointly by a…